Class Environment

District of Marion County School District


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 207 Down from 267
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 74.4 Up from 60.5
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.4 Up from 57.7
Teacher attendance rate 99.4 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $52,099 Up from $47,851
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.5 Up from 99.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.4 Down from 78.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.9 Down from 80.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.8 Up from 2.2
Prime instructional time 99.3 Up from 89.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 Up from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
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 N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 2.0 Down from 39.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools 1 Down from 117
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 30 Up from 11
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools 7 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 45.1 Up from 37.9
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools 23 Down from 113
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.8 Down from 39.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 24 Down from 117
Percent of out-of-field teachers 44.9 Up from 37.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 123 Up from 113
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.