Class Environment
Saxe Gotha Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 54.0 | Up from 53.0 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 70.4 | Up from 52.8 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 95.6 | Up from 92.1 |
| Average teacher salary | $48,804 | Down from $48,909 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 85.2 | Down from 88.7 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 80.9 | Down from 91.5 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 86.1 | Down from 86.6 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 90.3 | Up from 84.6 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 20.7 to 1 | Up from 20.3 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 14.8 | Down from 20 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 4 | Down from 5 |
| 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.