Class Environment

Cotton Belt Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.2 Up from 48.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 90.6
Average teacher salary $56,057 Up from $54,506
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.8 Up from 75.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 Down from 88.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.3 Up from 84.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.3 to 1 Up from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.1 Down from 21.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.1 Down from 12.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4
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.