Class Environment

Blue Ridge High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54 Down from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.0 Down from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.4 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $60,286 Up from $56,780
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.6 Up from 71.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.5 Up from 81.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 83.6 Down from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 32.1 to 1 Down from 32.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.4 Down from 29
Number of inexperienced teachers 15 Down from 20
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.0 Up from 7.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 Up from 20
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 No change

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.