Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	648	Down from 687
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.2	Up from 62.7
Teacher attendance rate	91.9	Down from 96.1
Average teacher salary	$59,138	Up from $55,650
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.8	Up from 98.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	84.6	Down from 85.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	85.7	Down from 88.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.5	No change
Prime instructional time	84.4	Down from 89.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	20.0 to 1	Up from 19.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2.1	Down from 7.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2	Down from 7
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	6.3	Down from 7.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	6	Down from 7
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	NULL
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	NULL
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	NULL
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	NULL
Percent of inexperienced teachers	10.2	Down from 13.9
Number of inexperienced teachers	77	Down from 95
Percent of out-of-field teachers	10.8	Down from 15
Number of out-of-field teachers	81	Down from 102

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.