Class Environment

Shaw Heights Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 No change
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 100.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.3 Up from 51.9
Teacher attendance rate 92.4 Down from 97.3
Average teacher salary $54,691 Up from $51,621
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.6 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.6 Up from 82.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.4 Down from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.8 to 1 Down from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.