Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1094	Up from 1040
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	76.6	Down from 85.7
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	58.7	Down from 60.4
Teacher attendance rate	94.9	Up from 94.8
Average teacher salary	$60,989	Up from $59,185
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	92.6	Down from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	88.3	Up from 83.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.9	Up from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.6	Down from 1.3
Prime instructional time	83.4	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.0 to 1	Up from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	50	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	3	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	0	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	3	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals	27.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	6.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	14.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	6.0	N/A
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 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	40.5	Up from 4.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	30	Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	45.9	Up from 36.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	34	Up from 30
Percent of inexperienced teachers	27.0	Up from 8.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	309	Up from 102
Percent of out-of-field teachers	27.5	Up from 19.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	315	Up from 230

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.