Class Environment

Hillcrest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 56
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.3 Up from 60.7
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 91.8
Average teacher salary $65,337 Up from $62,603
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.7 Down from 87.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.0 Up from 83.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.8
Prime instructional time 79.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.7 to 1 Up from 24.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.4 Up from 15.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 11.5 Up from 1.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 1

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.