Class Environment

Rainbow Lake Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.8 Up from 60.8
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $58,548 Up from $56,286
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.6 Up from 62.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.7 Down from 79.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.9 Down from 5.9
Prime instructional time 84.1 Down from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.5 to 1 Up from 25.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.4 Down from 28.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 17
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.8 Down from 13.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 8
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.