Class Environment

Harbison West Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Up from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.6 Up from 61.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Down from 95.9
Average teacher salary $61,083 Up from $55,043
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 95.2 Up from 64.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.9 Up from 79.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.8 Down from 90.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.4 to 1 Up from 19.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.0 Down from 22.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.0 Down from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 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.