Class Environment

Bethel Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Up from 27
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.3 Down from 66.7
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary $62,483 Down from $63,412
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Up from 82.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.2 Up from 86.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.0 Up from 87.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Down from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.0 Up from 4.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.3 Up from 4.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 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.