Class Environment

Powdersville Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 Up from 36.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.1 Down from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary $47,591 Down from $48,193
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 89.2 Up from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.4 Down from 96.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.9 Down from 91.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 88.2 Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.6 to 1 Up from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.7 Down from 28
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.