Class Environment

Michael C. Riley Early Childhood Center And Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 65.0 Down from 66.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.1 Up from 62.1
Teacher attendance rate 91.3 Down from 91.6
Average teacher salary $50,216 Up from $50,162
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.4 Up from 69.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.1 Down from 94.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.1 Up from 83.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.1 Up from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.8 to 1 Up from 16.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.6 Up from 11.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.