Class Environment

Lake Carolina Elementary Upper


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 36 Up from 35
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.3 Down from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.8 Down from 95.6
Average teacher salary $60,195 Up from $56,721
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 82.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 Up from 79.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 96.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 4.5 to 1 Down from 21.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.5 Up from 20.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.5 Down from 7.7
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.