Class Environment

Pelion Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Up from 51
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.1 Up from 56.9
Average teacher salary $52,575 Up from $50,192
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.5 Down from 93
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.7 Up from 83.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.5 Down from 13.6
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.