Class Environment

Fairforest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Down from 51
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Up from 60.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Up from 91.8
Average teacher salary $55,870 Up from $53,258
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Up from 75.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.0 Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.8 Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.1 to 1 Up from 19.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 37.0 Up from 35.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 Up from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 No change
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.