Class Environment

Orange Grove Charter School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 68 No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 72.1 Up from 69.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.4 Down from 97.3
Average teacher salary $71,135 Up from $62,242
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 88.7 Down from 94
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.4 Down from 90.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 1.5
Prime instructional time 95.3 Down from 97.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.5 to 1 Up from 22.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 5.6 Up from 4.1
Number of inexperienced teachers 4 Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.2 Down from 16.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 3 Down from 12
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.