Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1381	Down from 1653
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	69.4	Up from 68.1
Teacher attendance rate	93.0	No change
Average teacher salary	$60,966	Up from $57,702
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.1	Down from 99.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	83.7	Up from 77.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.3	Down from 83.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	9.4	Up from 4.9
Prime instructional time	85.3	Up from 85.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	21.3 to 1	Down from 22.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	12.2	Down from 23.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	10	Down from 18
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	21	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	6	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2.4	Down from 3.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2	Down from 3
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	9.3	Down from 16.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	95	Down from 139
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	30	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	27	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	21.8	Down from 26
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	224	Up from 223
Percent of inexperienced teachers	10.1	Down from 17.3
Number of inexperienced teachers	179	Down from 284
Percent of out-of-field teachers	19.6	Down from 22.9
Number of out-of-field teachers	347	Down from 375

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.