Class Environment

Harrisburg Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56 Up from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.9 Up from 29.6
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 N/A
Average teacher salary $52,545 Up from $49,995
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.4 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.6 Up from 61.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.9 Down from 78.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.7 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.6 to 1 Down from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 31.3 Down from 34
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.4 Up from 4.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 2
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.