Class Environment

Riverwalk Academy


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36.0 Down from 52.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 13.9 Up from 13.5
Teacher attendance rate 96.5 Down from 96.6
Average teacher salary $37,752 Up from $33,842
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 27.8 Up from 23.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 64.3 Up from 54.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 59.5 Down from 66.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.9 Down from 92.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.0 to 1 Up from 17.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 45.5 Down from 77.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 18.2 Up from 4.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up from 1

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.