Class Environment

Byrd Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Up from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.2 Up from 37.5
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $55,857 Up from $54,136
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 69.4 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.0 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.5
Prime instructional time -259.3 Up from 83.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.5 to 1 Up from 16.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 29.7 Up from 24.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.1 Down from 9.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 66.7 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 Up from 0

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.