Class Environment

West Pelzer Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.5 Down from 51.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $52,167 Up from $51,896
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Down from 93.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.0 Up from 85.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 Down from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 Down from 18.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.8 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.