Class Environment
Drayton Mills Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 55 | Down from 57 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 76.4 | Up from 74.2 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 94.6 | Up from 84.8 |
| Average teacher salary | $55,970 | Up from $54,712 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 100.0 | Up from 98.2 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 88.5 | Up from 87.8 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 87.8 | Down from 88.8 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | Down from 1.8 |
| Prime instructional time | 86.4 | Up from 77.2 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 20.3 to 1 | Up from 18.0 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 1.9 | Down from 18.5 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 1 | Down from 10 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 17.0 | Up from 9.3 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 9 | Up from 5 |
| 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.