Class Environment

Pontiac Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.6 Up from 57.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 93.3
Average teacher salary $54,946 Up from $53,119
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.4 Down from 90.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.0 Down from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.2 Down from 83.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.6 Down from 87.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Up from 18.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.4 Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.2 Up from 4.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 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.