Class Environment

Ridgeland Secondary Academy Of Excellence


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Down from 37
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.6 Down from 70.3
Teacher attendance rate 98.8 Up from 95.4
Average teacher salary $52,418 Down from $53,964
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 52.8 Down from 65.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 63.0 Down from 72.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 8.6 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 91.8 Up from 88.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 38.3 to 1 Up from 35.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 27.1 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 13 N/A
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.