Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	687	Down from 690
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	62.7	Down from 63.5
Teacher attendance rate	96.1	Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary	$55,650	Up from $54,637
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.7	Down from 99.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	85.1	Down from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	88.0	Down from 90.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.5	Down from 9.4
Prime instructional time	89.4	Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	19.6 to 1	Down from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7.6	Down from 15.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7	Down from 23
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7.6	Down from 9.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7	Down from 14
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	17.1	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	6	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	28.6	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	10	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	13.9	Down from 21.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	95	Down from 150
Percent of out-of-field teachers	15.0	Up from 14.9
Number of out-of-field teachers	102	Down from 104

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.