Class Environment

River Ridge Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.8 No change
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Down from 96.9
Average teacher salary $53,609 Up from $52,075
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.2 Down from 92.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.8 Down from 91.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.5 Down from 92.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.3 Down from 92.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.1 to 1 Down from 20.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 No change
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.