Class Environment

Theodore Lester Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Up from 37
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 N/A
Average teacher salary $47,769 Down from $49,651
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Down from 82.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 79.2 Up from 77.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.7
Prime instructional time 83.1 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.2 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 45.5 Up from 8.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 Up from 1
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.