Class Environment

Carolina Springs Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 61.0 Up from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.1 Down from 55.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 No change
Average teacher salary $50,375 Down from $50,635
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.4 Down from 84.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.2 Up from 82.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Down from 86.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 No change
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Down from 22.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.7 Down from 22.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 No change
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.