Class Environment

Ralph Chandler Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41.0 Up from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.0 Up from 57.5
Teacher attendance rate 87.3 Down from 92.4
Average teacher salary $48,320 Up from $46,950
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 80.5 Up from 77.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.5 Down from 93.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Down from 85.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.1 Down from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 Up from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 Up from 21.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 6
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.