Class Environment

W.B. Goodwin Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.7 Up from 46.9
Teacher attendance rate 96.2 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $57,153 Up from $53,513
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.7 Down from 96.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.4 Up from 67.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.6 Down from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.8 Up from 86.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.9 to 1 Up from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 40.7 Up from 39.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.9 Down from 28.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 8
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.