Class Environment

Forest Lake Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.4 Down from 63.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Up from 93.5
Average teacher salary $54,094 Up from $53,005
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.6 Down from 87
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.8 Down from 87.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.2
Prime instructional time 87.4 Up from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.3 to 1 Up from 20.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.0 Down from 21.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.1 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 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.