Class Environment

Lake Carolina Lower Elementary


Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 35
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 82.6 Up from 72.7
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 40.0 Down from 51.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $57,067 Up from $55,271
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 97.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.3 Up from 77.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 80.2 Down from 81.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.9
Prime instructional time 92.5 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.4 to 1 Up from 19.4 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 28.9 Up from 23.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers 7.9 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 No change

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.