Class Environment

Orchard Park Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 54.0 Down from 57.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 61.1 Down from 63.2
Teacher attendance rate 90.2 Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary $50,039 Up from $48,008
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 74.1 Down from 78.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.4 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.0 Down from 81.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.2 Down from 91.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 15.5 to 1 Down from 19.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 12.8 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 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.