Class Environment

Carolina Springs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Down from 56
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.8 Up from 61.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $54,540 Up from $53,980
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.4 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.2 Down from 87.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.9 Up from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.8 to 1 Down from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.8 Up from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Up from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Down from 8
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 4
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.