Class Environment

Lower Lee Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 14 Up from 10
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.4 Down from 90.0
Teacher attendance rate 98.4 No change
Average teacher salary $49,186 Up from $47,446
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.9 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 58.3 Down from 66.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 64.7 Down from 66.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 97.5 Up from 96.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.5 to 1 Up from 13.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 18.2 Down from 50
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 36.4 Down from 50
Number of out-of-field teachers 4 Down from 7
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.