Class Environment

Lake Forest Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48.0 Down from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 70.0
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary $53,972 Up from $52,961
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 87.5 Down from 94.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.1 Down from 93.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 89.9 Down from 91.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.8 Up from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Up from 20.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 100.0 Up from 13.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 5
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.