Class Environment

Forest Lake Elementary Nasa Explorer School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45.0 Down from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 73.3 Up from 63.8
Teacher attendance rate 92.7 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $50,104 Down from $50,121
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 64.4 Up from 63.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.1 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.6 Down from 73.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.6 Down from 89.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.1 to 1 Up from 15.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 38.1 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.