Class Environment

Pelion High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Down from 55
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 77.8 Down from 81.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary $59,255 Up from $56,058
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.8 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.3 Down from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.2 Up from 81.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 78.8 Up from 78.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.3 to 1 Up from 28.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.0 Down from 35.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 25
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.7 Down from 30
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Down from 21
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.