Class Environment

Ellen Woodside Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42.0 Down from 43.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 38.1 Down from 39.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Up from 90.2
Average teacher salary $46,819 Down from $48,373
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 81.0 Down from 90.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.1 Down from 91.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.7 Up from 84.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Down from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 30.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10 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.