Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	194	Down from 202
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	57.2	Down from 57.9
Teacher attendance rate	92.2	Up from 91.4
Average teacher salary	$54,262	Up from $49,063
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	Up from 99.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	80.1	Down from 82.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.0	Down from 81.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	3.9	Down from 10.4
Prime instructional time	81.0	Up from 78.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	30.6 to 1	Up from 25.6 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	21.9	Down from 33.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	7	Down from 33
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	9	Down from 38
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	1	Down from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	40.6	Up from 30.3
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	13	Down from 30
Percent of inexperienced teachers	9.0	Down from 27.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	22	Down from 80
Percent of out-of-field teachers	33.2	Up from 25.4
Number of out-of-field teachers	81	Up from 74

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.