Class Environment

Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Up from 57.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $60,756 Up from $59,679
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 73.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.8 Down from 85.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.2 Down from 91.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.3 to 1 Up from 24.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.2 Up from 11.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 22.7 Down from 26.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 11
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.