Class Environment

Theodore Lester Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.5 Down from 53.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.5 Up from 94.2
Average teacher salary $50,872 Up from $47,769
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.0 Down from 98.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.2 Down from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.8 Down from 79.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.6 Up from 83.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 Down from 19.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 37.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 13.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A

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.