Class Environment

West Pelzer Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.3 Up from 48.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Down from 94.3
Average teacher salary $55,134 Up from $52,167
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.5 Down from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.8 Down from 87.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.8 Down from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.7 to 1 Down from 18.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.7 Down from 27.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.4 Up from 2.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 No change
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.