Class Environment

Lake City Early Childhood Center


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30.0 Down from 32.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 50.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Up from 59.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 Down from 95.7
Average teacher salary $45,813 Up from $44,272
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 90.0 Up from 81.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.9 Up from 86.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 Up from 79.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.8 Down from 91.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.0 to 1 Up from 16.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 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.