Class Environment

Lower Richland High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68 Down from 70
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.1 Up from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.7 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $64,480 Up from $61,505
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.9 Up from 80.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.6 Up from 79.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Down from 7.1
Prime instructional time 75.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.7 to 1 Down from 34.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 24.2 Up from 13.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 23 Up from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.4 Down from 12.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Down from 11

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.