Class Environment

Oakdale Steam Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 37.0 Down from 40.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 56.8 Up from 55.0
Teacher attendance rate 92.2 Down from 95.5
Average teacher salary $47,572 Down from $49,019
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 62.2 Up from 57.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 70.0 Down from 76.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 70.2 Down from 73.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.5
Prime instructional time 84.8 Down from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 20.4 to 1 No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 25.0 Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 Down from 7
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.