Class Environment

Blue Ridge High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 62.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 Up from 56.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $51,486 Up from $51,298
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 74.2 Down from 80.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.5 Up from 82.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 4.7
Prime instructional time 87.9 Down from 88.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.1 to 1 Down from 31.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 27.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 N/A

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.