Class Environment

Laurel Hill Primary


Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38 Up from 37
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 69.6 Up from 60.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.3 Down from 62.2
Teacher attendance rate 97.1 Up from 95.8
Average teacher salary $78,119 Up from $73,747
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.0 Up from 71.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.7 Down from 83.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.5 Up from 91.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.8 to 1 Down from 27.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 Down from 100
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 Down from 100
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 100
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 0.0 Down from 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.3 Up from 8.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.