Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	229	Down from 296
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	50.0	Down from 62.5
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	57.2	Down from 57.8
Teacher attendance rate	92.9	Down from 93.6
Average teacher salary	$52,782	Up from $49,697
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	92.6	Down from 98.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	75.1	Down from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.5	Down from 85.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	22.3	Up from 3.7
Prime instructional time	83.0	Down from 84.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	26.8 to 1	Down from 28.8 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	5.9	Down from 27.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1	Down from 62
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	27	Up from 19
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	4	Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	17.6	Up from 15.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3	Down from 35
Percent of inexperienced teachers	11.0	Down from 28.7
Number of inexperienced teachers	33	Down from 94
Percent of out-of-field teachers	36.5	Up from 17.4
Number of out-of-field teachers	110	Up from 57

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.