Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	604	Down from 605
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	67.7	Up from 67.6
Teacher attendance rate	93.5	Down from 93.8
Average teacher salary	$63,075	Up from $59,732
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.7	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	90.9	Up from 88.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	88.4	Down from 89.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 0.2
Prime instructional time	88.3	Down from 88.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.1 to 1	Down from 23.7 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	6.4	Down from 8.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	15	Down from 20
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	15	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	5	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	9.8	Down from 13.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	23	Down from 32
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	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	0	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	7.8	Down from 12.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	52	Down from 78
Percent of out-of-field teachers	6.6	Down from 9.4
Number of out-of-field teachers	44	Down from 59

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.