Class Environment

Beaufort Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.4 Up from 65.3
Teacher attendance rate 91.3 Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary $54,389 Up from $51,661
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.5 Up from 65.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.1 Up from 76.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.8 Up from 76.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 8.2
Prime instructional time 86.6 Down from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 12.9 to 1 Down from 16.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.1 Down from 23.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 6
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.