Class Environment

Orchard Park Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 57 Up from 48
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.1 Up from 54.0
Teacher attendance rate 96.1 Up from 95.0
Average teacher salary $53,931 Up from $50,502
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 79.1 Up from 59.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 75.3 Down from 75.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 92.4 Up from 92.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.3 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers 19.2 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.2 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers 11 N/A
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.