Class Environment

H.B. Rhame Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Down from 28
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.1 Up from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 Down from 93.4
Average teacher salary $60,299 Up from $57,443
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.3 Up from 87.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.1 Up from 82.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.4 Down from 87.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.5 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.6 Down from 14.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.9 Down from 46.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Down from 13
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.