Class Environment

B D Lee Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29.0 Up from 27.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.7 Down from 59.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.3 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $44,935 Down from $48,146
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 75.9 Up from 70.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 87.8 Down from 92.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.8 Down from 89.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.8 to 1 Down from 18.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 18.8 Up from 6.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.