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.