Class Environment

Rainbow Lake Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Down from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.8 Down from 73.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Up from 91.8
Average teacher salary $56,286 Down from $58,712
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 62.3 Down from 84.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.8 Down from 85.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 5.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 87.6 Up from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.2 to 1 Down from 25.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.8 Up from 16.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 17 Up from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.6 Up from 6.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.