Class Environment

Rice Creek Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 Up from 51.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.0 Down from 68.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $52,396 Up from $51,105
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.4 Down from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 84.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.9 Up from 82.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.4 to 1 Up from 18.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.7 Down from 14.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.