Class Environment

District of Richland School District One


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1922 Up from 1907
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,059 Down from $55,001
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 Up from 82.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Up from 84.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.2 N/A
Prime instructional time 88.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.4 Up from 9.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 137 Up from 74
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.1 Up from 2.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 40 Up from 22

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.