Class Environment

Laurel Hill Primary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 42 Down from 44
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 39.3 Up from 27.6
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.1 Up from 44.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 91.7
Average teacher salary $60,005 Up from $58,418
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.4 Up from 81.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.0 Down from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.2 Up from 87.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Up from 20.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.5 Down from 20.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 7 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 45.0 Down from 53.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 18 Down from 21
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.