Class Environment

Lowcountry Montessori School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Up from 20
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.2 Up from 30.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary $46,660 Up from $45,117
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 78.3 Up from 70.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Up from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.4 Down from 78.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.8 Down from 92.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.5 to 1 Up from 10.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.7 Down from 8.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers 74.1 Down from 91.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 Down from 22
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.