Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	241	Up from 229
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	37.5	Down from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	55.6	Down from 57.2
Teacher attendance rate	93.6	Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary	$57,737	Up from $52,782
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	91.3	Down from 92.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	73.7	Down from 75.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	76.8	Down from 81.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	9.5	Down from 22.3
Prime instructional time	84.1	Up from 83.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	26.7 to 1	Down from 26.8 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	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	0	N/A
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	5.9	No change
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1	No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	19	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	3	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	11.8	Down from 17.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	Down from 3
Percent of inexperienced teachers	8.9	Down from 11
Number of inexperienced teachers	29	Down from 33
Percent of out-of-field teachers	24.6	Down from 36.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	80	Down from 110

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.