Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	221	Up from 194
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	91.7	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	55.2	Down from 57.2
Teacher attendance rate	93.4	Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary	$56,399	Up from $54,262
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.8	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	92.0	Up from 80.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.8	Up from 81.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	4.5	Up from 3.9
Prime instructional time	84.3	Up from 81.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	20.4 to 1	Down from 30.6 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	5.4	Down from 21.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	Down from 7
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	27	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	4	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	29.7	Down from 40.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	11	Down from 13
Percent of inexperienced teachers	2.7	Down from 9
Number of inexperienced teachers	7	Down from 22
Percent of out-of-field teachers	32.8	Down from 33.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	85	Up from 81

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.