Class Environment

Pepperhill Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.0 Up from 39.5
Teacher attendance rate 91.2 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $51,507 Up from $47,731
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.9 Up from 69.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.7 Up from 62.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.5 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 81.6 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 7.2 to 1 Down from 21.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 39.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 9 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.