Class Environment

Okatie Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46.0 Up from 43.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 71.7 Down from 74.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.4 Up from 90.1
Average teacher salary $51,988 Up from $50,760
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 82.6 Up from 79.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 95.1 Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 86.0 Up from 84.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.0 Up from 85.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 17.9 to 1 Down from 19.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 9.1 Down from 15.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 3 Down from 5
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.