Class Environment

R.C. Edwards Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48.0 Up from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.9 Up from 63.8
Teacher attendance rate 91.9 Down from 95.7
Average teacher salary $51,534 Up from $49,768
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 79.2 Down from 80.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.6 Up from 81.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.6 Down from 87.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.1 Down from 88.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 28.3 to 1 Down from 32.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4.5 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.5 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.