Class Environment

Pelion Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52.0 Up from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.8 Up from 53.2
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $48,498 Down from $48,499
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.8 Up from 68.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.2 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.6 Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 26.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

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.