Class Environment

Ladson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 51 Down from 59
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.1 Down from 47.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.6 Up from 94.3
Average teacher salary $61,685 Up from $57,848
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 98.0 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 74.1 Down from 83.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.4 Down from 83.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.6 Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.8 to 1 Up from 20.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 28.6 Up from 27.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Up from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 24.5 Up from 23.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 12 Up from 11
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 25.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.