Class Environment

Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 39 Down from 41
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 53.9 Down from 63.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Down from 93.6
Average teacher salary $51,121 Down from $52,317
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.3 Up from 75.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.0 Down from 72.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Up from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.0 to 1 Up from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 33.3 Down from 35.7
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.4 Down from 7.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Down from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 Up from 0

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.