Class Environment

Edith L. Frierson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 12 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 75.0 Up from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 98.1 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $58,926 Up from $57,178
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 100
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.3 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Up from 83.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 Down from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.3 Down from 36.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 45.5 Down from 63.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 7
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.