Class Environment
District of Richland School District Two
Classroom Environment
Our District | Change from Last Year | |
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Total Number of Teachers | 1949.0 | Up from 1921.0 |
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification | 28.6 | N/A |
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 70.4 | Up from 70.3 |
Teacher attendance rate | 94.6 | Up from 93.2 |
Average teacher salary | $52,149 | Up from $51,802 |
Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 73.2 | Down from 75.0 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 84.5 | Down from 86.0 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 85.4 | Down from 86.6 |
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 1.5 | N/A |
Prime instructional time | 89.5 | Up from 88.4 |
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 22.7 to 1 | Up from 19.7 to 1 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 8.2 | Down from 100 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 62 | Up from 1 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | 1.2 | Up from 0 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | 9 | 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.