Class Environment

Spearman Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.4 Down from 74.7
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 93.1
Average teacher salary $53,418 Up from $51,156
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Down from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Up from 84.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.9 Up from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Down from 25.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 37.2 Up from 30.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Up from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.7 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.