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.