Class Environment

Whittaker Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 18 Down from 22
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.2 Up from 59.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Down from 97.7
Average teacher salary $54,221 Up from $50,151
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Up from 81.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 77.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.9 Down from 82.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 16.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.5 Down from 89.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.8 to 1 Up from 15.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.2 Down from 23.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 45.8 Down from 50
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down from 13
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.