Class Environment

Powdersville Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Up from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 50.0 Down from 53.3
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Up from 91.2
Average teacher salary $52,220 Up from $49,528
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.5 Down from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.8 Down from 86.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 N/A
Prime instructional time 87.1 Up from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 39.0 Down from 42.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Down from 19
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.3 Up from 2.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 1
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 No change

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.