Class Environment
Belle Hall Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 37 | Down from 41 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 62.2 | Up from 60.5 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 95.1 | Up from 94.1 |
| Average teacher salary | $65,063 | Up from $60,336 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 86.8 | Up from 75 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 84.0 | Down from 86.0 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 91.0 | Up from 90.7 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 23.8 to 1 | Up from 21.9 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 2.6 | Down from 7.9 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 1 | Down from 3 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 35.9 | Up from 34.2 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 14 | Up from 13 |
| 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.