Class Environment

West End Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.9 Down from 56.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $45,620 Up from $45,197
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.3 Down from 88.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.2 Down from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.6 Down from 87.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.2 Up from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.2 to 1 Up from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 24.0 Up from 19.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Up 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.