Class Environment

Pepperhill Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38.0 Down from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 31.6 Down from 42.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.7 Up from 91.8
Average teacher salary $45,609 Up from $45,272
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 50.0 Down from 55.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 42.9 Down from 70.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 61.8 Down from 75.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.4 Down from 91.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Up from 14.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 31.6 Down from 38.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 Down from 10
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.