Class Environment
Bell's Crossing Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 51 | Down from 56 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 62.8 | Up from 62.0 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 93.2 | Down from 93.9 |
| Average teacher salary | $63,784 | Up from $61,737 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 96.2 | Up from 92.9 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 90.9 | Up from 87.9 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 87.9 | Down from 88.9 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 20.0 to 1 | Down from 21.7 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 9.4 | Up from 7.5 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 5 | Up from 4 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 0.0 | No change |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 0 | No change |
| 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.