Class Environment

Lancaster High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 66 Down from 73
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 48.5 Down from 60.3
Teacher attendance rate 94.2 Up from 92.0
Average teacher salary $59,329 Up from $57,164
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.0 Down from 98.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 82.7 Down from 92.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.2 Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 4.1
Prime instructional time 83.4 Up from 80.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 30.3 to 1 Down from 35.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.3 Down from 21.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 16
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.1 Up from 7.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 20 Up from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 28.6 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.