Class Environment

High Hills Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 21 Down from 22
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.6 Up from 40.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 91.5
Average teacher salary $50,352 Up from $46,534
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.2 Up from 90.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.0 Up from 55
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.1 Up from 58.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 23.8 Up from 13.6
Prime instructional time 87.4 Down from 93.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.6 to 1 Up from 8.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 39.1 Down from 47.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 17.4 Up from 13
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down 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.