Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	582	Up from 579
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	62.2	Down from 63.4
Teacher attendance rate	92.3	Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary	$58,919	Up from $57,478
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.7	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	87.4	Up from 85.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	86.4	Down from 87.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.9	No change
Prime instructional time	85.8	Down from 88.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	25.5 to 1	Down from 26.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	NULL
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	NULL
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	N/A	NULL
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	NULL
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	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	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	16.3	Down from 23.1
Number of inexperienced teachers	149	Down from 193
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.5	Down from 9.7
Number of out-of-field teachers	87	Up from 81

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.