Class Environment

North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 32 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.8 Up from 39.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Up from 89.9
Average teacher salary $54,614 Up from $52,187
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 60.6 Up from 47.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 62.9 Down from 72.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 4.9
Prime instructional time 85.9 Up from 81.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.0 to 1 Down from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 39.3 Down from 41.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 39.3 Up from 35.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Down from 50
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.