Class Environment

J.D. Lever Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 33 Up from 32
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 42.4 Down from 43.8
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Up from 93.5
Average teacher salary $60,569 Up from $57,744
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 93.9 Down from 96.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.3 Up from 78.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.6 Up from 75.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 88.3 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.8 to 1 Down from 20.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 100.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.3 Up from 3.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.1 Down from 32.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 10

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.