Class Environment

Pelion Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.6 Down from 69.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Down from 93.6
Average teacher salary $61,979 Up from $58,228
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Down from 88.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.2 Up from 86.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 83.4 Down from 84.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.3 to 1 Up from 24.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 2.3 Down from 12.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers 15.9 Up from 4.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.