Class Environment

Rice Creek Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.4 Down from 71.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 93.1
Average teacher salary $56,426 Up from $55,138
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.8 Down from 76.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.5 Down from 76.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.4 Down from 4.3
Prime instructional time 88.6 Up from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.2 to 1 Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.6 Down from 20.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.8 Up from 5.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.