Class Environment

Shoally Creek Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 Up from 43.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $50,985 Up from $48,343
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.5 Up from 74.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Down from 82.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.4 Down from 91.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.8 to 1 Up from 23.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.3 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Up from 2.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
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.