Class Environment

Ocean Bay Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 50.0 Up from 49.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 68.0 Up from 63.3
Teacher attendance rate 95.8 Down from 95.9
Average teacher salary $54,146 Up from $52,392
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 92.0 Up from 85.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 100.0 Up from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 95.3 Up from 94.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 91.8 Up from 91.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.0 to 1 Down from 24.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 2.9 Down from 16.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 1 Down from 6
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0.0 Down from 2.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 0 Down from 1

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.