Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1056	Down from 1123
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	64.7	Up from 63.9
Teacher attendance rate	95.8	Up from 94.6
Average teacher salary	$60,681	Up from $58,097
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.6	Down from 98.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	85.1	Up from 83.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	84.0	Down from 85.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.3	Up from 1.5
Prime instructional time	89.9	Up from 87.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.1 to 1	Down from 24.4 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	2.9	Down from 3.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	1	No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	9	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	11.8	Down from 15.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	4	Down from 5
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	21.1	Down from 25
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	8	No change
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	33	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	5.3	Down from 25
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	Down from 8
Percent of inexperienced teachers	11.8	Down from 12
Number of inexperienced teachers	129	Up from 123
Percent of out-of-field teachers	10.5	Down from 22.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	115	Down from 228

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.