Class Environment

River Oaks Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Down from 61
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 37.3 Down from 41.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Up from 90.4
Average teacher salary $50,618 Up from $49,885
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Down from 98.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.5 Down from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.6 Down from 80.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.0 Up from 1.6
Prime instructional time 85.8 Up from 82.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 25.0 to 1 Up from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 35.1 Down from 48
Number of inexperienced teachers 20 Down from 36
Percent of out-of-field teachers 10.5 Down from 28
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 21
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 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.