Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	328	Down from 363
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.1	Up from 62.3
Teacher attendance rate	90.5	Down from 92.7
Average teacher salary	$55,416	Up from $53,415
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	95.1	Down from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	82.0	Down from 83.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	82.9	Down from 83.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.4	Down from 12.9
Prime instructional time	81.0	Down from 83.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	20.5 to 1	Down from 23.0 to 1
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 inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	0	No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	0	No change
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	19.0	Down from 24.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	8	Down from 34
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	27	Up from 9
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	4	Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	19.0	Up from 6.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	8	Down from 9
Percent of inexperienced teachers	16.6	Down from 23.9
Number of inexperienced teachers	55	Down from 89
Percent of out-of-field teachers	16.3	Up from 8.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	54	Up from 31

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.