Class Environment

Brennen Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 53
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 75.0 Up from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $59,260 Up from $56,022
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.7 Up from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.0 Up from 88.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Down from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Up from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.9 Down from 11.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.0 Up from 15.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 Up from 8
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.