Class Environment

District Comparison of
Orangeburg County Consolidated Thr Orangeburg Consolidated 4 Orangeburg Consolidated 5


Classroom Environment

Our Districts Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 202.0 Up from 200.0
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 243.0 Down from 262.0
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 409.0 Down from 422.0
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr N/AV N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 40.7 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 0.0 N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 58.4 Down from 60.0
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 65.0 Up from 63.7
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 68.0 Down from 71.1
Teacher attendance rate
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 93.5 Down from 95.6
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 94.3 Up from 92.9
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 94.6 Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr $50,157 Up from $48,803
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 $50,988 Up from $50,044
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 $50,618 Down from $51,397
Percent of teachers on continuing contract
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 62.9 Down from 64.5
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 74.9 Down from 81.3
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 60.4 Down from 60.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 88.0 Up from 81.1
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 81.1 Down from 82.7
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 81.4 Down from 85.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 83.9 Up from 82.9
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 84.4 Down from 85.9
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 83.7 Up from 83.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 2.0 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 2.9 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 2.9 N/A
Prime instructional time
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 89.4 Down from 91.2
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 88.9 Up from 86.3
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 92.4 Up from 88.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 18.9 to 1 Up from 18.1 to 1
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 21.3 to 1 Up from 20.6 to 1
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 24.7 to 1 Up from 24.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 7.3 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 7.4 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 17.1 Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 8 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 9 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 30 Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 8.2 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 5.8 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 5.7 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes
Orangeburg County Consolidated School District Thr 9 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 4 7 N/A
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 10 Up from 0

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.