Class Environment

Palmetto Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 65.8 Up from 61.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 93.7
Average teacher salary $53,099 Up from $51,849
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.8 Down from 94.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.0 Down from 91.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.8 Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.7 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.7 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 N/A
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.