Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	197	Down from 200
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	52.3	Down from 54.0
Teacher attendance rate	96.6	Up from 95.9
Average teacher salary	$55,705	Up from $53,469
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	93.4	Down from 95.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	82.8	Up from 79
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	83.0	Down from 85.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	7.6	Up from 4.0
Prime instructional time	89.5	Up from 88.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.5 to 1	Up from 23.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	10.4	Down from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	5	No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	10.4	Up from 6.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	5	Up from 3
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	10.3	Down from 15.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	4	Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	10.3	Down from 23.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	4	Down from 9
Percent of inexperienced teachers	7.7	Down from 10.8
Number of inexperienced teachers	21	Down from 30
Percent of out-of-field teachers	16.8	Down from 22.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	46	Down from 62

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.