Class Environment

Lower Lee Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 15 Up from 14
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 80.0 Up from 71.4
Teacher attendance rate 98.1 Down from 98.4
Average teacher salary $47,128 Down from $49,186
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.3 Up from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 100.0 Up from 58.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.0 Up from 64.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 97.9 Up from 97.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.0 to 1 Down from 17.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 9.1 Down from 18.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.2 Down from 36.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 4
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.