Class Environment

W. E. Parker Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 73.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary $56,281 Up from $55,245
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.9 Down from 90.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.5 Down from 93.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 90.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.7 to 1 Up from 17.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.7 Down from 13.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.7 Up from 3.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 1
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.