Class Environment

Lower Richland High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 81.0 Down from 83.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.6 Up from 68.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $52,539 Up from $52,287
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 59.3 Down from 63.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.3 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.6 Down from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.2 No change
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 89.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 27.6 to 1 Up from 23.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 10.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.