Class Environment

J. D. Lever Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 30 Down from 33
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.7 Down from 60.6
Teacher attendance rate 95.1 Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary $58,325 Up from $56,258
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 81.3 Up from 67.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 78.6 Down from 82.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 87.3 Up from 85.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 10.7 Down from 25.9
Number of inexperienced teachers 3 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.4 Up from 7.4
Number of out-of-field teachers 6 Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 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.