Class Environment
New Prospect Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 30 | Down from 32 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 63.3 | Up from 55.7 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 94.0 | Up from 93.1 |
| Average teacher salary | $53,882 | Up from $50,224 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 53.6 | Down from 75.9 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 70.8 | Down from 81.3 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 84.2 | Down from 85.4 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 19.3 to 1 | Up from 18.8 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 24.2 | Down from 27.8 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 8 | Down from 10 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 6.1 | Up from 2.8 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 2 | Up from 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced school leaders | 50.0 | 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.