Class Environment

Socastee Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53 Down from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.5 Up from 52.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $62,569 Up from $58,584
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.1 Up from 76.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.8 Down from 89.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 89.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Down from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.9 Down from 23.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.7 Down from 9.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Down from 66.7
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Down from 2

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.