Class Environment

Carolina Park Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.4 Down from 75.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 91.7
Average teacher salary $59,488 Up from $58,137
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.7 Up from 78.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.4 Down from 82.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.6 Up from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.7 to 1 Up from 21.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.2 Up from 9.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 34.0 Up from 30.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 Up from 16
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.