Class Environment

Theodore Lester Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 29 Up from 26
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.6 Up from 57.7
Teacher attendance rate 92.6 Down from 94.9
Average teacher salary $56,829 Up from $55,721
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.6 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 23.1 Down from 58.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 51.3 Down from 70.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 3.4 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 85.5 Down from 85.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.8 to 1 Up from 18.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 3.6 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 1 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.1 Down from 9.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 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.