Class Environment

Laurel Hill Primary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Down from 42
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 46.4 Up from 39.3
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.9 Up from 57.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary $68,003 Up from $60,005
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 92.9 Up from 85.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.4 Down from 87.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.5 Down from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.1 to 1 Down from 21.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 12.5 Down from 17.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 42.5 Down from 45
Number of out-of-field teachers 17 Down from 18
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 50.0 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.