Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	254	Up from 241
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	73.2	Up from 37.5
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	59.1	Up from 55.6
Teacher attendance rate	94.5	Up from 93.6
Average teacher salary	$59,848	Up from $57,737
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	92.9	Up from 91.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	78.3	Up from 73.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	75.7	Down from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	5.1	Down from 9.5
Prime instructional time	79.6	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	25.8 to 1	Down from 26.7 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	13	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	39	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals	12.5	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	1.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	38.9	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	7.0	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	32.4	Up from 5.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	34	Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	35.2	Up from 11.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	37	Up from 2
Percent of inexperienced teachers	34.4	Up from 8.9
Number of inexperienced teachers	111	Up from 29
Percent of out-of-field teachers	31.3	Up from 24.6
Number of out-of-field teachers	101	Up from 80

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.