Class Environment

Palmetto Bays Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41.0 Down from 43.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.0 Up from 55.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $53,160 Up from $51,326
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.7 Up from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.3 Up from 89.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.5 Down from 90.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.1 Up from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Down from 21.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3.4 Down from 9.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 3
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.