Class Environment

Ladson Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 59 Down from 65
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 47.5 Up from 46.2
Teacher attendance rate 94.3 Up from 92.0
Average teacher salary $57,848 Up from $55,016
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 98.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.6 Up from 77.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.9 Down from 85.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.3 Up from 83.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.3 to 1 Up from 19.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 27.7 Down from 28.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 13 Down from 14
Percent of out-of-field teachers 23.4 Down from 24.5
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 Down from 12
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.