Class Environment

Whale Branch Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.8 Up from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 100.0 Up from 88.8
Average teacher salary $67,791 Up from $55,359
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 64.1 Down from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.0 Down from 76.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.5 Up from 76.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.1 to 1 Up from 13.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.5 Down from 26.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 40.5 Up from 36.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 15 Up from 14
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Down from 50
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.