Class Environment

Orchard Park Elementary


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 48 Down from 58
Teacher attendance rate 95.0 N/A
Average teacher salary $50,502 Down from $52,055
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 59.3 Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.5 Down from 81.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.3 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 16.0 Up from 12.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.