Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	609	Up from 562
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	54.0	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	61.6	Up from 61.2
Teacher attendance rate	94.1	Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary	$60,408	Up from $56,867
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.9	Down from 97.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	86.2	Up from 79.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.6	Up from 79.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.7	Down from 1.6
Prime instructional time	82.7	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.5 to 1	Up from 21.7 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	33	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	1	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	17	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals	30.8	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	4.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	24.0	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	23.5	Up from 16
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	8	Up from 4
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	0.0	Down from 8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	0	Down from 2
Percent of inexperienced teachers	23.6	Up from 15.6
Number of inexperienced teachers	147	Up from 89
Percent of out-of-field teachers	6.7	Down from 9.7
Number of out-of-field teachers	42	Down from 55

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.