Class Environment

Pontiac Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Down from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $57,060 Up from $54,946
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.5 Up from 90.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.1 Up from 72
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Down from 81.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Down from 3.8
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Up from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.7 Down from 22.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Down from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.