Class Environment

Drayton Hall Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42.0 Down from 45.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.8 Down from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 91.7 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $53,710 Up from $50,365
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.2 Up from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.0 Up from 88.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.0 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 90.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Up from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6.5 Down from 8.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.