Class Environment

Lamar-Spaulding Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 25 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 52.0 Up from 51.5
Teacher attendance rate 90.4 Up from 85.7
Average teacher salary $58,634 Up from $54,590
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.6 Down from 83.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.1 Up from 76.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 4.0 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 84.0 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.1 to 1 Down from 20.0 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 8.1 Down from 16.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.4 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 0

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.