Class Environment

Pelion Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48.0 Up from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.4 Down from 66.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Up from 91.2
Average teacher salary $50,416 Up from $49,017
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Up from 80.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.6 Down from 81.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 Down from 82.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.8 Up from 81.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.2 to 1 Down from 27.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10.5 Down from 10.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 3
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.