Class Environment

St. James-Santee Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 17 Up from 16
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.6 Up from 58.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $68,509 Up from $59,390
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.6 Up from 62.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.3 Up from 78.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.1 Up from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.2 to 1 Up from 17.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.3 Down from 30.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.4 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 No change
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.