Class Environment

Lamar High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 18.0 Up from 17.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 70.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Down from 99.9
Average teacher salary $52,889 Up from $51,192
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 83.3 Down from 88.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.1 Down from 87.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.1 Down from 96.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 8.3 to 1 Down from 20.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 7.1 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.