Class Environment

Ocean Drive Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 53.0 Down from 56.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 45.3 Down from 50.0
Teacher attendance rate 94.5 Down from 95.0
Average teacher salary $49,293 Down from $52,232
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 77.4 Up from 73.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 76.0 Down from 90.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.7 Down from 93.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 89.6 Down from 89.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 23.3 to 1 Down from 23.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 20.5 Down from 26.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 8 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 2.6 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 1 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.