Class Environment

Pleasant Hill Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 65.0 Up from 60.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.2 Up from 63.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $51,541 Down from $52,612
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 81.5 Down from 86.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.2 Up from 90.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.5 Up from 90.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.0 Up from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.0 to 1 Down from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.4 Down from 12.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.7 Down from 6.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 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.