Class Environment

Monarch Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 56.0 Up from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.9 Down from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $46,604 Down from $47,544
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 71.4 Down from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 82.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.3 Down from 85.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.2 Down from 91.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Up from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 84.6 Up from 25
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11 Up from 9
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.