Class Environment

Shaw Heights Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Down from 27
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 90.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.2 Up from 59.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary $57,458 Up from $54,691
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 69.2 Down from 92.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Down from 83.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.5 Up from 85.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.1 to 1 Up from 19.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.0 Down from 26.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 44.0 Up from 42.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.