Class Environment

Lake Forest Elementary


Not Rated
Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 45 Up from 40
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 62.2 Down from 67.5
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary $66,898 Up from $65,624
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 97.8 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 86.7 Up from 85.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.6 Up from 83.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.8 Up from 88.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced principals 0.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders 50.0 No change
Number of inexperienced other school leaders 1.0 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.2 Down from 18.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 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.