Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	307	Down from 328
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.8	Down from 66.8
Teacher attendance rate	94.2	Up from 94.1
Average teacher salary	$60,889	Up from $57,856
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.7	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	86.4	Down from 86.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.9	Down from 86.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.3	Up from 0.6
Prime instructional time	86.4	Up from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.0 to 1	Up from 22.9 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	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	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	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	10.2	Down from 15.7
Number of inexperienced teachers	39	Down from 59
Percent of out-of-field teachers	11.7	Down from 13.1
Number of out-of-field teachers	45	Down from 49

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.