Class Environment

E.B. Ellington Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 35
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.4 Up from 43.0
Teacher attendance rate 97.1 Up from 96.0
Average teacher salary $52,717 Up from $51,938
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.9 Down from 91.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 Up from 73.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.5 Up from 82.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 9.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.5 Up from 86.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.6 to 1 Up from 18.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 29.6 Down from 34.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 40.7 Up from 30.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Up from 8
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 No change
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.