Class Environment

Lead Academy Public Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 27.6 Down from 35.3
Teacher attendance rate 97.9 No change
Average teacher salary $42,244 Down from $42,740
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 41.4 Down from 50.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 67.9 Down from 76.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 73.8 Down from 74.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 94.5 Down from 95.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Up from 19.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 33.3 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 6
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.