Class Environment

Pelion Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Up from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 67.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.4 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $63,938 Up from $61,979
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.4 Down from 83.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.3 Down from 87.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.8 to 1 Down from 25.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.7 Up from 2.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.7 Down from 15.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 7

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.