Class Environment

Pocalla Springs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.8 Down from 58.7
Teacher attendance rate 91.7 Down from 96.4
Average teacher salary $53,579 Up from $51,166
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.4 Down from 95
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.8 Up from 87.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.2 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 81.5 Down from 89.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.7 to 1 Up from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 45.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 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.