Class Environment

Orchard Park Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 46 Down from 57
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 54.4 Down from 56.1
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary $55,866 Up from $53,931
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.1 Down from 79.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 71.8 Down from 75.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 90.2 Down from 92.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 18.5 to 1 Down from 19.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 21.1 Up from 19.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 8 Down from 10
Percent of out-of-field teachers 21.1 Down from 21.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 8 Down from 11
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 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.