Class Environment

Hilton Head Island Elementary School For The Creative Arts


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.8 Down from 73.5
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $66,807 Up from $57,685
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.6 Up from 73.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Down from 82.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.4 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.8 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.8 Down from 14.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 6
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.