Class Environment

Palmetto Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Up from 38
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 65.8
Teacher attendance rate 89.8 Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary $55,423 Up from $53,099
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.1 Up from 71.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.8 Down from 86.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks N/AV N/A
Prime instructional time 82.8 Down from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 22.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 34.3 Up from 23.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.7 Up from 2.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 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.