Class Environment

Independence Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 44.4 Up from 43.2
Teacher attendance rate N/AV N/A
Average teacher salary $54,886 Up from $54,233
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.2 Down from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.9 Up from 81.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.6 Up from 81.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time N/AV N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.0 to 1 Down from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.1 Down from 15.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 16.2 Up from 9.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 3
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.