Class Environment

Lakewood Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Down from 51
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.4 Down from 68.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary $68,892 Up from $64,412
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 96.2 Up from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.3 Up from 88.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.7 Up from 87.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.0 to 1 Down from 22.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.7 Down from 7.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 1.7 Down from 1.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.