Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1369	Down from 1398
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	43.8	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	55.1	Down from 57.3
Teacher attendance rate	93.2	Up from 92.3
Average teacher salary	$62,840	Up from $58,271
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.6	Down from 99.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	84.7	Up from 83.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.3	Up from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.4	Down from 0.9
Prime instructional time	83.8	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	27.2 to 1	Up from 25.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	11	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	31	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	11	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals	20.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	5.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	35.5	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	27.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	17.1	Up from 6.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	130	Up from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7.1	Down from 17.9
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	54	Up from 35
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	19.0	Up from 14.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	329	Up from 248
Percent of out-of-field teachers	8.7	Down from 10.6
Number of out-of-field teachers	150	Down from 181

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.