Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1398	Down from 1434
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	57.3	Up from 55.0
Teacher attendance rate	92.3	Down from 92.6
Average teacher salary	$58,271	Up from $54,625
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.7	Down from 99.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	83.3	Down from 85
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	83.0	Down from 85.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.9	Down from 4.9
Prime instructional time	85.8	Up from 85.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	25.6 to 1	Up from 24.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	6.2	Down from 11.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	12	Down from 22
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	30	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	13	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	17.9	Down from 22.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	35	Down from 44
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	14.5	Down from 19.9
Number of inexperienced teachers	248	Down from 318
Percent of out-of-field teachers	10.6	Up from 9.6
Number of out-of-field teachers	181	Up from 153

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.