Class Environment

Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37 Down from 39
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 64.9 Up from 53.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.6 Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary $55,077 Up from $51,121
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 71.8 Down from 76.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 74.6 Up from 71.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.2 Down from 89.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.5 to 1 Down from 21.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 11.9 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 9.5 Up from 2.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Up from 1
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.