Class Environment

Whitesville Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Up from 55.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.3 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $56,351 Up from $54,942
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.0 Up from 67.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.0 Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.1 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.3 Up from 84.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.8 to 1 Up from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.0 Up from 16.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.0 Up from 1.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 1
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.