Class Environment

Theodore Lester Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.2 Down from 73.0
Teacher attendance rate 86.0 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $50,564 Down from $51,255
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 62.2 Down from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.1 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.2 Down from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.7 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 78.5 Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 14.2 to 1 Down from 15.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 13.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.