Class Environment
Lakewood Elementary School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 61.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 57.4 | Down from 60.7 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 95.4 | Down from 98.8 |
| Average teacher salary | $52,372 | Up from $52,096 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 82.0 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 87.5 | Down from 91.9 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 88.7 | Down from 90.8 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 91.1 | Down from 94.2 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 20.0 to 1 | Down from 21.6 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 9.8 | Down from 23.5 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes | 4 | Down from 12 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | 2.4 | Up from 2 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes | 1 | 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.