Class Environment

Lakewood Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 61.0 Down from 63.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.7 Up from 52.4
Teacher attendance rate 98.8 Up from 94.8
Average teacher salary $52,096 Up from $51,514
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.0 Up from 77.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.9 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.8 Up from 89.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 94.2 Up from 89.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.6 to 1 Down from 22.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 23.5 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.