Class Environment

Sugar Ridge Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Up from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.8 Down from 53.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $57,299 Up from $54,625
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.9 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.3 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.6 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Up from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.0 Up from 26.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 21 Up from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.0 Down from 4.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.