Class Environment

Pepperhill Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 35.1 Down from 40.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 91.2
Average teacher salary $53,103 Up from $51,507
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 56.4 Down from 76.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 67.5 Down from 73.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.7 Up from 2.5
Prime instructional time 88.6 Up from 81.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.4 to 1 Up from 7.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 36.4 Down from 39.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 30.3 Up from 27.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 9
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 Down from 50
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.