Class Environment

Pelham Road Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Up from 59.2
Teacher attendance rate 88.8 Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary $60,717 Up from $56,546
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.5 Down from 93.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.4 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 95.2 Up from 89.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 8.7 Down from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.