Class Environment

Joseph R. Pye Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.6 Up from 47.8
Teacher attendance rate 90.9 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $51,304 Up from $49,068
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.0 Up from 69.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.4 Down from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.2 Down from 3.7
Prime instructional time 85.7 Down from 89.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.1 to 1 Down from 21.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.3 Down from 41.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 23
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.8 Down from 10.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 66.7 Up from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 Up from 1

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.