Class Environment

Lower Richland High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 86.0 Up from 81.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.4 Down from 71.6
Teacher attendance rate 96.3 Up from 95.4
Average teacher salary $52,747 Up from $52,539
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 59.3 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.2 Up from 76.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.4 Up from 77.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.2 No change
Prime instructional time 89.0 Up from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.6 to 1 Down from 27.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6.9 Down from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 10.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 4

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.