Class Environment

Lancaster High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 73 Up from 71
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 63.6 Down from 65.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 93.2
Average teacher salary $56,979 Up from $56,053
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.4 Down from 91.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.2 Up from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.7 Down from 4.2
Prime instructional time 81.8 Down from 86.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 34.5 to 1 Down from 37.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 12 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.6 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 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.