Class Environment

Simpsonville Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 No change
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $58,465 Up from $55,154
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.0 Down from 90.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Down from 85.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Down from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.5 Up from 18.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.3 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Up from 0
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.