Class Environment

Lake Forest Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 49 Up from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 67.3 Up from 66.7
Average teacher salary $55,692 Up from $53,972
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 85.7 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.2 Up from 85.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.7 Up from 89.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11.8 Down from 100
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.