Class Environment

Ridgeland Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Down from 42
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.4 Down from 73.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Down from 96.2
Average teacher salary $64,640 Up from $61,853
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.2 Down from 78.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.2 Up from 70.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.9 Down from 96.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 26.6 to 1 Up from 25.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.8 Down from 8.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 23.8 Up from 2.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Up from 1
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.