Class Environment

Deerfield Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55 Down from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.4 Down from 59.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $54,096 Up from $52,628
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.2 Up from 94.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 72
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.8 Up from 74.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.5
Prime instructional time 88.0 No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Down from 20.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 33.3 Down from 37.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 Down from 21
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.8 Down from 16.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 9
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.