Class Environment

Hillcrest High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 105 Down from 109
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.5 Down from 76.1
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $61,403 Up from $58,750
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 Up from 80.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.3 Up from 86.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.1 Down from 85.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 34.3 to 1 Down from 36.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 16.5 Down from 19.4
Number of inexperienced teachers 20 Down from 26
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.6 Up from 4.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Up from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 14.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.