Class Environment

Hillcrest Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 16 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.3 Down from 62.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.5 Up from 88.0
Average teacher salary $62,958 Up from $57,058
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.4 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.8 Down from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 37.5 Up from 18.8
Prime instructional time 84.3 Up from 79.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV 30.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.0 Down from 9.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 24.0 Down from 36.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 8
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.