Class Environment
District of Richland School District Two
Classroom Environment
Our District | Change from Last Year | |
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Total Number of Teachers | 1771 | Down from 1906 |
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification | 50.0 | Down from 52.4 |
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 70.3 | Up from 70.2 |
Teacher attendance rate | 93.7 | Up from 92.6 |
Average teacher salary | $55,436 | Up from $54,443 |
Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 99.1 | Up from 99.0 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 81.9 | Up from 81.2 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 83.8 | Down from 85.2 |
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 2.5 | Up from 1.7 |
Prime instructional time | 87.3 | Up from 86.2 |
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 24.9 to 1 | Down from 25.2 to 1 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 8.4 | Down from 21.7 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 14 | Down from 165 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 5 | Down from 9 |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 2 | Down from 4 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 6.6 | Down from 10.5 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 11 | Down from 80 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 23.7 | Down from 25.2 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 40 | Up from 32 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 25 | Up from 11 |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 3 | Up from 1 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 7.1 | Up from 6.3 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools | 12 | Up from 8 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers | 18.2 | Down from 22.7 |
Number of inexperienced teachers | 429 | Up from 424 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers | 8.3 | Down from 9.5 |
Number of out-of-field teachers | 197 | Up from 178 |
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.
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.