Class Environment

Hillcrest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 Down from 20
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Up from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 88.0 Up from 84.7
Average teacher salary $57,058 Up from $55,458
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.8 Down from 95.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Down from 89.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.3 Up from 84.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 18.8 Down from 20.0
Prime instructional time 79.7 Down from 90.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.3 to 1 Down from 33.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.1 Down from 26.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 36.4 Down from 42.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Down from 11
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.