Class Environment

Richmond Drive Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Up from 31
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.4 Down from 48.4
Teacher attendance rate 97.6 N/A
Average teacher salary $56,104 Up from $54,768
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.4 Up from 69.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.6 Up from 73.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 3.2
Prime instructional time 89.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.7 to 1 Down from 21.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.5 Up from 20.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Up from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.9 Down from 20.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 6
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.