Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	3410	Down from 3716
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	31.7	Down from 45.2
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	61.9	Up from 59.7
Teacher attendance rate	94.9	Up from 93.3
Average teacher salary	$59,811	Up from $57,475
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.2	Down from 97.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	83.1	Up from 80.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.2	Down from 85.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.3	Up from 1.2
Prime instructional time	88.2	Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.1 to 1	Up from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	11.6	Down from 15.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	24	Down from 297
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	4	Down from 13
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	4	Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	3.4	Down from 21.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7	Down from 414
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	23.7	Down from 32.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	172	Down from 256
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	10	Down from 25
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	7	Down from 15
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	31.1	Down from 32.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	226	Down from 255
Percent of inexperienced teachers	17.8	Down from 22.6
Number of inexperienced teachers	635	Down from 837
Percent of out-of-field teachers	22.3	Down from 24.8
Number of out-of-field teachers	794	Down from 920

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.