Class Environment

Orchard Park Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 41 Down from 46
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.1 Up from 54.4
Teacher attendance rate 92.1 Down from 95.3
Average teacher salary $60,516 Up from $55,866
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 93.6 Up from 77.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 83.3 Up from 71.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.7 Down from 90.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.7 to 1 Up from 18.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.1 Down from 21.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 2 Down from 8
Percent of out-of-field teachers 20.5 Down from 21.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.