Class Environment

Lake Carolina Elementary Lower


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 34 No change
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 50.0 Down from 52.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.8 Up from 55.9
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary $53,173 Down from $53,239
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 80.0 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 84.9 Down from 88.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 98.9 Up from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 0.7 to 1 Down from 2.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 26.5 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers 9 Down from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers 5.9 Down from 13.9
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Down from 5
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 Down from 1

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.