Class Environment

Lakewood High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 43 Down from 47
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 69.8 Up from 59.6
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Up from 86.7
Average teacher salary $58,696 Up from $53,757
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 95.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 83.7 Up from 76.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.8 Up from 80.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 7.0 Down from 8.5
Prime instructional time 79.8 Down from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers 13.5 Down from 38.5
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Down from 30
Percent of out-of-field teachers 40.5 Down from 46.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 30 Down from 36
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.