Class Environment

Starr Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Up from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.9 Up from 51.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $56,444 Up from $49,926
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 75
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.0 Down from 82.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.8 to 1 Down from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.3 Down from 27.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.1 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 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.