Class Environment

Douglas Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 17 Down from 21
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 35.3 Up from 34.1
Teacher attendance rate 97.0 Up from 95.0
Average teacher salary $50,877 Up from $47,977
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.0 Up from 73.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Up from 80.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.4 Up from 88.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.8 to 1 Down from 17.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.1 Down from 30
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.1 Up from 15
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 100.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.