Class Environment

Herbert A. Wood Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 67 Up from 66
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.7 Down from 54.5
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Up from 90.8
Average teacher salary $53,755 Up from $51,296
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.1 Down from 85.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.4 Down from 88.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.9 Up from 82.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Up from 23.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.2 Up from 20.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 Up from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.1 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.