Class Environment

Rice Creek Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 52 Down from 54
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.5 Down from 75.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.9 Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary $54,248 Up from $53,242
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.2 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 73.1 Down from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.0 Down from 83.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 1.9 No change
Prime instructional time 87.5 Down from 90.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.2 to 1 Up from 19.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.6 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.8 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.