Class Environment

Hillcrest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 20 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Down from 65.0
Teacher attendance rate 84.7 Down from 95.1
Average teacher salary $55,458 Up from $54,087
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.5 Up from 85
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.8 Up from 83.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 20.0 Up from 5.0
Prime instructional time 90.7 Down from 91.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 33.7 to 1 Up from 28.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 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.