Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1698	Down from 1771
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	72.7	Up from 50.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	67.2	Down from 70.3
Teacher attendance rate	94.8	Up from 93.7
Average teacher salary	$57,957	Up from $55,436
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.8	Down from 99.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	83.0	Up from 81.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	82.1	Down from 83.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	4.5	Up from 2.5
Prime instructional time	88.5	Up from 87.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	25.8 to 1	Up from 24.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	6.5	Down from 8.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	12	Down from 14
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	12	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	4	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	5.4	Down from 6.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	10	Down from 11
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	17.9	Down from 23.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	38	Down from 40
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	7.1	No change
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	15	Up from 12
Percent of inexperienced teachers	12.6	Down from 18.2
Number of inexperienced teachers	297	Down from 429
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.6	Up from 8.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	226	Up from 197

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.