Class Environment

Lake Carolina Lower Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 35 Up from 34
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 72.7 Up from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 51.4 Down from 58.8
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Down from 94.8
Average teacher salary $55,271 Up from $53,173
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.1 Down from 80
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.5 Down from 84.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.9 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 89.1 Down from 98.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.4 to 1 Up from 0.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 23.7 Down from 26.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.9 Up from 5.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.