Class Environment

East Cooper Montessori Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.3 Up from 56.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary $57,580 Up from $54,626
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.3 Down from 91.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.7 Up from 70.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.2 Down from 73.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.1 Up from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Up from 17.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.8 Down from 27.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 37.0 Down from 41.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 12
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.