Class Environment

Whale Branch Elementary School


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Up from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.3 Up from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Down from 94.1
Average teacher salary $72,016 Up from $66,737
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.6 Up from 94.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.5 Down from 90.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.4 Down from 78.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.5 to 1 Up from 13.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.2 Up from 7.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.5 Down from 43.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 17

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.