Class Environment

Lakewood High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Down from 43
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 66.7 Down from 69.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary $58,582 Down from $58,696
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 66.7 Down from 83.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.5 Down from 81.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 12.1 Up from 7.0
Prime instructional time 83.3 Up from 79.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 4.1 Down from 13.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 28.4 Down from 40.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 21 Down from 30
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 16.7 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.