Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	195	Down from 219
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	73.9	Down from 74.9
Teacher attendance rate	94.5	Down from 96.5
Average teacher salary	$63,261	Up from $56,537
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.9	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	79.2	Down from 87.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	82.8	Down from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.0	Down from 1.8
Prime instructional time	88.1	Down from 89.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	17.8 to 1	Up from 17.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	7.9	Down from 16.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3	Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	28	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	5	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	13.2	Up from 8.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	5	Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced teachers	5.9	Down from 13.2
Number of inexperienced teachers	13	Down from 28
Percent of out-of-field teachers	12.3	Down from 17.9
Number of out-of-field teachers	27	Down from 38

Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

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.