Class Environment

Pelion Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Up from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.5 Up from 65.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 93.1
Average teacher salary $64,288 Up from $60,158
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Down from 84.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.1 Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.5 Down from 5.3
Prime instructional time 79.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Down from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.2 Up from 10.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.7 Up from 6.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 3

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.