Class Environment

Lucy Garrett Beckham High


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 71 Up from 44
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.4 Down from 70.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary $56,323 Up from $49,909
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.1 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average N/AV N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.0 Down from 87.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 35.3 to 1 Up from 33.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.8 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 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.