Class Environment

Lakewood Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 61.0 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.4 Down from 60.7
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 98.8
Average teacher salary $52,372 Up from $52,096
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.5 Down from 91.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.7 Down from 90.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.1 Down from 94.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.0 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.8 Down from 23.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.4 Up from 2
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.