Class Environment

Ashley Ridge High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 125.0 Up from 124.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.2 Up from 61.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary $50,275 Up from $49,002
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.6 Down from 79.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.6 Down from 86.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.7 Down from 85.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Up from 88.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.4 to 1 Up from 29.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.1 Down from 20.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 1.3
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.