Class Environment

Ridgeland Secondary Academy Of Excellence


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Down from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.7 Up from 57.5
Teacher attendance rate 97.3 Up from 95.9
Average teacher salary $66,047 Up from $58,916
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 88.2 Up from 85.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.6 Up from 59.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 59.9 Up from 59.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 14.7 Up from 12.5
Prime instructional time 89.5 Up from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 33.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 1.9 Down from 12.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 35.2 Down from 38.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 19 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 80.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 4 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.