Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1283	Up from 1225
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	67.3	Down from 68.8
Teacher attendance rate	93.8	Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary	$55,832	Up from $55,029
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.2	Down from 99.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	83.6	Down from 91
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	88.3	Down from 90.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	88.8	Down from 90.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.1 to 1	Up from 22.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	17.6	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	198	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	16	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	4	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	14.1	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	159	N/A
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 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	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	17.6	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	198	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	14.1	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	159	N/A

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.