Class Environment

Rainbow Lake Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46.0 Up from 45.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.5 Up from 51.1
Teacher attendance rate 93.0 Up from 92.5
Average teacher salary $51,362 Up from $50,368
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 95.7 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.0 Up from 86.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 85.8 Up from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.2 No change
Prime instructional time 87.4 Down from 87.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.1 Down from 17.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 9.1 Up from 3.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2 Up from 1

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.