Class Environment
Lucy Garrett Beckham High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 82 | Up from 71 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 75.6 | Up from 70.4 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 94.2 | Down from 94.5 |
| Average teacher salary | $58,974 | Up from $56,323 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 98.8 | Up from 98.6 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 84.1 | Up from 72.1 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | N/AV | N/A |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 87.5 | Up from 86.0 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 31.6 to 1 | Down from 35.3 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 17.6 | Down from 18.2 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 23 | Up from 16 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 4.6 | Down from 6.8 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 6 | No change |
| Percent of inexperienced school leaders | 20.0 | 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.