Class Environment

Hillcrest High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 111.0 Up from 109.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.9 Up from 62.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 93.9
Average teacher salary $52,894 Up from $50,973
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.5 Up from 78.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.5 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.9 Down from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.3 Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.8 to 1 Down from 31.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.