Class Environment

School Comparison of
Crestwood High School Lakewood High School Sumter High School


Classroom Environment

Our Schools Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers
Crestwood High School 64.0 Down from 65.0
Lakewood High School 56.0 Up from 49.0
Sumter High School 112.0 Down from 116.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees
Crestwood High School 57.8 Down from 67.7
Lakewood High School 55.4 Down from 57.1
Sumter High School 68.8 Up from 65.5
Teacher attendance rate
Crestwood High School 95.8 Up from 94.5
Lakewood High School 94.7 Down from 95.6
Sumter High School 95.4 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary
Crestwood High School $47,757 Down from $48,841
Lakewood High School $48,561 Down from $51,035
Sumter High School $53,543 Up from $51,033
Percent of teachers on continuing contract
Crestwood High School 50.0 Down from 50.8
Lakewood High School 55.4 Up from 55.1
Sumter High School 73.2 Up from 60.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year
Crestwood High School 67.9 Down from 80.0
Lakewood High School 80.9 Up from 75.0
Sumter High School 85.5 Up from 83.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average
Crestwood High School 74.8 Down from 78.0
Lakewood High School 78.3 Down from 80.0
Sumter High School 83.7 Up from 82.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks
Crestwood High School 1.6 Down from 9.2
Lakewood High School 1.8 Down from 4.1
Sumter High School 3.6 Down from 4.3
Prime instructional time
Crestwood High School 88.2 Up from 86.7
Lakewood High School 84.4 Down from 87.1
Sumter High School 85.6 Down from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects
Crestwood High School N/AV N/A
Lakewood High School 32.0 to 1 Down from 39.0 to 1
Sumter High School 36.7 to 1 Up from 30.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes
Crestwood High School 0.0 Down from 15.2
Lakewood High School 6.7 Down from 8.7
Sumter High School 2.9 Down from 9.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes
Crestwood High School 0 Down from 5
Lakewood High School 1 Down from 2
Sumter High School 1 Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes
Crestwood High School 0.0 Down from 9.1
Lakewood High School 13.3 Up from 13
Sumter High School 0.0 Down from 1.9
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes
Crestwood High School 0 Down from 3
Lakewood High School 2 Down from 3
Sumter High School 0 Down 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.