Class Environment

Riverside Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42.0 Up from 41.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.5 Down from 61.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary $54,912 Down from $55,601
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 76.2 Down from 87.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.4 Down from 80.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.4 Down from 88.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.9 Up from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.6 to 1 Down from 24.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.1 Down from 10.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 3.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.