Class Environment

Pontiac Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Up from 50
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.4 Down from 70.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $53,119 Up from $51,286
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.7 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.4 Down from 91.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.1 Down from 83.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Down from 92.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Up from 18.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 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.