Class Environment

Ladson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 55.0 Up from 47.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.5 Up from 53.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.9 Up from 90.9
Average teacher salary $51,782 Up from $48,573
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.9 Down from 78.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Up from 79.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.3 Down from 84.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Down from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.2 to 1 Down from 26.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 17.1 Up from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 6 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.9 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 Up from 0

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.