Class Environment

Lake City Early Childhood Center


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 18 Up from 15
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 46.7 Down from 52.2
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.2 Up from 60.0
Teacher attendance rate 100.0 No change
Average teacher salary $57,592 Up from $56,202
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 94.4 Up from 93.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.0 Down from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 65.1 Down from 72.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 11.1 Down from 20.0
Prime instructional time 93.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 18.0 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 24.1 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.7 Down from 45.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Down from 14

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.