Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	389	No change
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	83.2	Up from 62.9
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	61.2	Down from 64.3
Teacher attendance rate	93.0	Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary	$58,993	Up from $57,557
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.1	Down from 97.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	89.4	Up from 81.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	86.0	Up from 85.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	9.0	Up from 8.0
Prime instructional time	84.0	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	18.7 to 1	Down from 20.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	20	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in low poverty schools	0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	25	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals	41.2	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	7.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	47.1	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	8.0	N/A
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 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	16.3	Up from 11.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	7	Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	27.9	Up from 7.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	12	Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced teachers	28.0	Up from 9.6
Number of inexperienced teachers	147	Up from 47
Percent of out-of-field teachers	23.2	Up from 17.8
Number of out-of-field teachers	122	Up from 87

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.

Note: The method for calculating prime instructional time was adjusted for 2025 school report cards. Comparing 2025 prime instructional time to prior years is not appropriate.