Class Environment

Lucy Garrett Beckham High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 90 Up from 82
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.7 Up from 75.6
Teacher attendance rate 94.1 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $64,512 Up from $58,974
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.9 Up from 84.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.7 N/A
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.6 Down from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 31.5 to 1 Down from 31.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.5 Down from 17.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 18 Down from 23
Percent of out-of-field teachers 3.5 Down from 4.6
Number of out-of-field teachers 5 Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 40.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 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.