Class Environment

High Hills Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 15 Down from 21
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.0 Up from 47.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $54,725 Up from $50,352
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 95.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 90
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.6 Down from 72.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 33.3 Up from 23.8
Prime instructional time 86.2 Down from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 7.9 to 1 Down from 23.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.7 Down from 39.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Down from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 29.2 Up from 17.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.