Class Environment

Hickory Grove Sharon Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 Down from 53.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Down from 96.0
Average teacher salary $53,613 Up from $53,150
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.8 Down from 85.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.7 Down from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.0 Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.2 to 1 Up from 19.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.9 Down from 25
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.5 Down from 14.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 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.