Class Environment

Palmetto High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Down from 58
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.5 Up from 63.8
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Down from 94.3
Average teacher salary $57,440 Up from $54,978
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.2 Down from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Down from 88.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.2 Up from 85.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 34.8 to 1 Down from 35.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.9 Down from 26.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 21 Down from 26
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.3 Down from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 8
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.