Class Environment

Joseph Keels Elementary School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.6 Up from 65.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Up from 91.7
Average teacher salary $53,913 Up from $52,196
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.3 Down from 97.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 Up from 82.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.5 Up from 83.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.9 Down from 85.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Down from 18.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.5 Down from 36.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.8 Up from 10.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.