Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	244	Down from 250
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	58.6	Up from 57.4
Teacher attendance rate	93.7	Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary	$57,470	Up from $52,301
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.1	Down from 97.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	81.9	Down from 85
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	85.2	Down from 88.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.2	Up from 0.4
Prime instructional time	86.9	Up from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.5 to 1	Down from 24.3 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	10.0	Down from 30
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	6	Down from 36
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	13	Down from 17
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	1	No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	26.7	Up from 14.2
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	16	Down from 17
Percent of inexperienced teachers	9.8	Down from 29
Number of inexperienced teachers	29	Down from 84
Percent of out-of-field teachers	31.8	Up from 22.1
Number of out-of-field teachers	94	Up from 64

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.