Class Environment

Lake Murray Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50.0 Up from 48.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 70.0 Down from 72.9
Teacher attendance rate 95.2 Up from 93.8
Average teacher salary $53,084 Up from $52,752
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 96.0 Up from 95.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 87.8 Down from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.4 Down from 90.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.4 Up from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.4 to 1 Down from 21.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 7.4 Down from 11.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2 Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 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.