Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	755	Down from 898
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.5	Up from 62.9
Teacher attendance rate	93.0	Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary	$57,408	Up from $53,649
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.3	Up from 98.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	82.6	Down from 83.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	85.7	Down from 87.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	10.6	Up from 6.9
Prime instructional time	84.0	Down from 88.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	27.8 to 1	Up from 26.2 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	11.6	Down from 25.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	5	Down from 88
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	17	Down from 23
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	4	Down from 5
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	46.5	Up from 45.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	20	Down from 158
Percent of inexperienced teachers	13.3	Down from 26.9
Number of inexperienced teachers	125	Down from 269
Percent of out-of-field teachers	39.7	Down from 40.7
Number of out-of-field teachers	372	Down from 407

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.