Class Environment

Pepperhill Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.6 Up from 35.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 95.8
Average teacher salary $59,550 Up from $53,103
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.0 Up from 56.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 69.4 Up from 67.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.7
Prime instructional time 90.6 Up from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Up from 20.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.0 Down from 36.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.1 Down from 30.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 10
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.