Class Environment

Pocalla Springs Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.7 Down from 57.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 91.7
Average teacher salary $57,338 Up from $53,579
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 65.7 Down from 84.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Down from 87.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.3 Up from 2.2
Prime instructional time 84.1 Up from 81.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Down from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.5 Down from 22.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 47.4 Up from 45
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 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.