Class Environment

New Providence Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Up from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.2 Up from 65.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $60,167 Up from $58,582
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.4 Down from 93
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.3 Down from 90.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.5 Up from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.6 to 1 Down from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.6 Up from 4.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.1 Down from 2.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 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.