Class Environment

Jefferson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 Up from 33.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.5 Down from 42.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $49,797 Down from $50,292
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.9 Up from 87.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.3 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 94.4 Down from 94.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.4 Down from 89.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.1 to 1 Down from 19.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

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.