Class Environment

Sandlapper Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Up from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 74.4 Up from 68.7
Teacher attendance rate 93.9 Up from 90.0
Average teacher salary $58,813 Up from $57,263
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.4 Down from 88.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.6 Down from 91.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.3 Up from 85.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Up from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.4 Down from 11.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.4 Down from 4.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 No change
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.