Class Environment

Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 Up from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.5 Down from 75.8
Teacher attendance rate 90.7 Down from 92.7
Average teacher salary $68,345 Up from $66,120
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.9 Up from 84.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.3 Up from 82.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 11.8 Up from 6.1
Prime instructional time 81.6 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Down from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.7 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.5 Down from 23.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 12

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.