Class Environment

Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40.0 Up from 39.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.5 Down from 64.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $51,539 Up from $51,318
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 50.0 Down from 59.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 84.8 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.9 Up from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.5 Down from 5.1
Prime instructional time 87.1 Down from 87.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.4 to 1 Down from 23.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.5 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 19.0 Up from 14.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.