Class Environment

District of School District Of Pickens County


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1018 Up from 1009
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 30.4 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.6 Down from 65.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $54,686 Up from $51,649
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.6 Up from 98.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.2 Down from 92
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.4 Up from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.2 Up from 0.1
Prime instructional time 85.7 Down from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.0 to 1 Up from 24.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 9.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools 55 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 19 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools 3 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 5.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools 29 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools N/A N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 230 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.5 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 127 N/A
Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.