Class Environment

Ralph Chandler Middle


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44 Down from 45
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.8 Up from 55.9
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary $54,369 Up from $51,040
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.8 Up from 76.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.5 Up from 74.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.3 Up from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.4 to 1 Down from 26.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 34.8 Up from 31.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Up from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.3 Up from 4.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 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.