Class Environment

Ridgeland Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.6 Down from 71.2
Teacher attendance rate 97.1 Up from 96.3
Average teacher salary $53,305 Down from $53,991
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.8 Down from 98.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 64.7 Down from 69.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.2 Down from 77.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 70.0 Down from 96.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.9 to 1 Down from 22.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.4 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 8.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 N/A
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.