Class Environment

Palmetto Scholars Academy


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Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Up from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.3 Up from 34.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Down from 98.2
Average teacher salary $57,678 Up from $53,633
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.7 Up from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.1 Up from 62.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 67.7 Up from 60.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 6.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.5 Up from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.5 to 1 Up from 28.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 Down from 100
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 34.3 Up from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 34.3 Down from 41.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Down from 15

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.