Class Environment

Lester Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 26 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.7 Up from 51.5
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $55,721 Up from $50,872
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 58.6 Down from 72.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.7 Down from 78.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.8 Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.9 to 1 Up from 18.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 33.3 Down from 37.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.5 Down from 13.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 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.