Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1434	Down from 1564
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	55.0	Up from 53.6
Teacher attendance rate	92.6	Up from 92.4
Average teacher salary	$54,625	Up from $53,208
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.8	Up from 99.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	85.0	Up from 80.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	85.1	Down from 85.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	4.9	Up from 0.6
Prime instructional time	85.5	Up from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.7 to 1	Down from 25.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	11.2	Down from 25.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	22	Down from 248
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	11	Up from 6
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	5	Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	22.4	Up from 9.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	44	Down from 94
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	0	No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	0	No change
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	19.9	Down from 27.2
Number of inexperienced teachers	318	Down from 470
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.6	Down from 10.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	153	Down from 181

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.