Class Environment

Forest Heights Elementary


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Up from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.3 Up from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 94.6
Average teacher salary $64,534 Down from $65,637
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.6 Down from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 58.8 Down from 82.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.3 Down from 75.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 7.1
Prime instructional time 87.5 Up from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.4 to 1 Down from 29.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 Down from 100
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 42.4 Up from 26.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.3 Up from 5.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 2

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.