Class Environment

Rice Creek Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Down from 52
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.7 Up from 63.5
Teacher attendance rate 93.1 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $55,138 Up from $54,248
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 96.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.5 Up from 73.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.5 Down from 79.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.3 Up from 1.9
Prime instructional time 86.7 Down from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Up from 20.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 20.4 Down from 21.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.6 Down from 7.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 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.