Class Environment

Pelion Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 No change
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $55,544 Up from $54,245
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.5 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 78.0 Down from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.3 Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 82.5 Up from 81.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.6 to 1 Down from 25.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.4 Down from 24.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.7 Up from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.