Class Environment

Pickens High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 76 Up from 71
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.1 Down from 71.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 93.8
Average teacher salary $64,667 Up from $63,651
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.7 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.0 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.6 Down from 87.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 74.6 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.0 to 1 Down from 30.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.6 Up from 4.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 23 Up from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.5 Down from 21.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 37

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.