Class Environment

Independence Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Up from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.2 Down from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $54,233 Up from $52,161
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.5 Down from 84.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.5 Up from 77.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.7 Down from 89.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.6 to 1 Up from 19.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.