Class Environment

Pacolet Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29.0 Up from 28.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 34.5 Down from 42.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 94.8
Average teacher salary $48,384 Down from $48,614
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 69.0 Down from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.5 Up from 79.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.4 Down from 84.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.5 Up from 88.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.2 to 1 Down from 19.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.7 Down from 18.8
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.