Class Environment

District of Edgefield


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 200 Down from 245
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.0 Down from 54.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Down from 96.0
Average teacher salary $53,469 Up from $51,887
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.5 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.0 Down from 87.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.8 Down from 89.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Up from 3.7
Prime instructional time 88.6 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Up from 20.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 11.1 Down from 13.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 5 Down from 10
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 0 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 6.7 Down from 17.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 3 Down from 13
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 15.4 Down from 25.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 6 Down from 11
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 33 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 1 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 23.1 Up from 18.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 9 Up from 8
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.8 Down from 16.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 30 Down from 42
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.3 Up from 15.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 62 Up from 38
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.