Class Environment

A. R. Rucker Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 27 Down from 30
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.2 Down from 53.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Up from 93.0
Average teacher salary $56,828 Up from $54,350
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.9 Down from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 72.0 No change
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.0 Up from 82.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 7.3 Down from 18.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.3 Down from 13.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 5
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.