Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	150	Down from 151
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	58.7	Up from 58.3
Teacher attendance rate	93.4	Up from 91.2
Average teacher salary	$55,816	Up from $54,793
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	95.3	Down from 95.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	77.9	Down from 82.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	78.7	Down from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	4.0	Up from 3.3
Prime instructional time	85.9	Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	22.5 to 1	Up from 21.8 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	5.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	67	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	2	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	35.0	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	7	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	6.7	Down from 12.6
Number of inexperienced teachers	13	Down from 22
Percent of out-of-field teachers	28.2	Down from 44.8
Number of out-of-field teachers	55	Down from 78

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.