Class Environment

Leaphart Elementary School Steam Magnet


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 57.5 Up from 51.2
Teacher attendance rate 92.5 Up from 90.2
Average teacher salary $56,034 Up from $55,977
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.7 Down from 93.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.5 Down from 90.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.7 Up from 82.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.3 to 1 Up from 18.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 14.7 Up from 11.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.9 Down from 11.8
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.