Class Environment

Jefferson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Up from 59.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $58,074 Up from $54,358
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 63.9 Down from 70.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.3 Down from 81.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.2 Down from 86.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.9 Down from 16.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.7 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 No change

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.