Class Environment

Lucy T. Davis Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 38.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.4 Up from 63.2
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Down from 97.0
Average teacher salary $46,434 Up from $45,991
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 86.8 Up from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.8 Down from 91.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.3 Down from 89.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.5 Down from 92.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.7 to 1 Up from 18.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.0 Down from 15.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 3
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.