Class Environment

River Oaks Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68.0 Up from 62.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.6 Up from 64.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $54,661 Up from $52,801
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.2 Down from 91.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 94.8 Up from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 92.9 Down from 93.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 89.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Down from 22.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4.3 Down from 11.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.