Class Environment

Merriwether Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.8 Up from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $52,915 Up from $51,290
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.7 Down from 91.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.1 Down from 94.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.1
Prime instructional time 88.7 Down from 90.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.7 to 1 Down from 20.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.1 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.7 Down from 20
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 9
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.