Our State	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	46686	Down from 49892
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	71.5	Up from 61.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.7	Up from 63.3
Teacher attendance rate	93.7	Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary	$58,865	Up from $55,941
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.4	Down from 97.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	91.2	Up from 89.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	89.3	Down from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	3.1	Up from 2.5
Prime instructional time	86.9	Up from 86.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.5 to 1	Down from 23.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	9.4	Down from 14.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2008	Down from 3055
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	17	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	167	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	10.7	Down from 11.9
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2292	Down from 2466
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	10.3	Down from 16.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1117	Down from 1651
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	22	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	156	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	21.2	Down from 24.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2307	Down from 2397
Percent of inexperienced teachers	10.4	Down from 16.3
Number of inexperienced teachers	6094	Down from 8844
Percent of out-of-field teachers	14.1	Down from 15.9
Number of out-of-field teachers	8223	Down from 8656

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.