Class Environment

Pelion Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Down from 50
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.6 Up from 62.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 91.5
Average teacher salary $58,228 Up from $54,470
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.6 Down from 87.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.5 Up from 82.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.4 to 1 Down from 26.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.2 Down from 17.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.9 Down from 7.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.