Class Environment

Palmetto Bays Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43.0 Down from 45.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.8 Down from 57.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Down from 93.5
Average teacher salary $51,326 Up from $51,026
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.4 Up from 80.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.7 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.6 Down from 93.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.0 Up from 85.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.7 to 1 Up from 20.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 N/A

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.