Class Environment

District of Richland School District One


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1943.0 Up from 1916.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.0 Down from 66.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $52,537 Up from $51,985
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 73.0 Up from 72.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Down from 86.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.2 Down from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.5 N/A
Prime instructional time 88.6 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Down from 20.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.6 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 127 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.9 Down from 38.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 36 Up from 5

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.