Class Environment

Blue Ridge High School/Greenville County Schools


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 57.0 Down from 62.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.1 Down from 58.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary $51,693 Up from $51,486
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 84.2 Up from 74.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.6 Up from 81.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Up from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.8 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 87.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.0 to 1 Up from 29.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 75.0 Up from 27.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 5.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 2

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.