Class Environment

Palmetto Scholars Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Down from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.8 Down from 54.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Up from 92.0
Average teacher salary $58,108 Up from $57,285
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.8 Down from 77.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Up from 53.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 65.0 Down from 69.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 20.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.4 Down from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.2 to 1 Up from 23.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.5 Down from 13
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 37.0 Down from 41.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Down from 19
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.