Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1217	Up from 1173
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	69.1	Down from 70.8
Teacher attendance rate	93.6	Up from 92.2
Average teacher salary	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	Up from 99.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	90.5	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	90.2	Up from 89.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.2	Down from 0.3
Prime instructional time	86.2	Up from 83.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	21.6 to 1	Up from 19.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	22	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	5	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	24	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	15	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	21.7	Down from 22.7
Number of inexperienced principals	5.0	Down from 22.7
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	23.8	Down from 28.8
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	15.0	Down from 17
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	14.5	Down from 16.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	187	Up from 24
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	3.9	Down from 5.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	50	Up from 8
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	14.5	Down from 15.3
Number of inexperienced teachers	185	Down from 193
Percent of out-of-field teachers	3.9	Down from 4.4
Number of out-of-field teachers	50	Down from 56

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.