Class Environment

Lowcountry Montessori School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 24 Up from 23
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 41.7 Down from 52.2
Teacher attendance rate 96.0 Up from 95.0
Average teacher salary $48,025 Up from $46,660
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 70.8 Down from 78.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.8 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.7 Up from 76.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.8 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.0 to 1 Up from 15.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 48.5 Up from 3.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 16 Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers 72.7 Down from 74.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 24 Up from 20

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.