Class Environment

Ridgeland Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 53
Teacher attendance rate 96.3 N/A
Average teacher salary $53,991 Down from $55,057
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 69.2 Down from 79.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 77.3 Down from 80.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 96.4 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.5 Up from 6.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 No change

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.