Class Environment

Douglas Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24.0 Up from 23.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.2 Up from 52.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $48,652 Up from $46,554
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.7 Up from 82.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.6 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 Down from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.8 Down from 89.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 16.1 to 1 Up from 15.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 22.2 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.