Class Environment

Sara Collins Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Down from 56
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Up from 68.3
Teacher attendance rate 86.3 Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary $59,845 Up from $56,274
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.6 Up from 84.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.0 Up from 81.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 93.9 Up from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.1 to 1 Up from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.7 Down from 17
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.6 Up from 1.9
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.