Class Environment

Dewey L. Carter Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.5 Down from 64.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary $48,819 Down from $49,259
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 66.0 Down from 79.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.0 Down from 86.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.9 Down from 2.3
Prime instructional time 88.4 Down from 89.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 13.7 to 1 Down from 20.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 22.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 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.