Class Environment

Sugar Ridge Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 47 Up from 36
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.2 Down from 61.1
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $54,625 Up from $53,234
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.9 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.0 Up from 82.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.1 Down from 87.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.1 to 1 Down from 27.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.2 Down from 40.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Down from 18
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.9 Down from 6.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change
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.