Class Environment

Lower Richland High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 70 Down from 73
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Down from 72.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $61,505 Up from $58,293
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.3 Up from 78.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.4 Down from 80.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 7.1 Up from 6.8
Prime instructional time 85.3 Up from 83.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 34.4 to 1 Up from 33.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.5 Down from 16.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 12.4 Up from 9.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Up from 8
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 16.7 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.