Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	184	Up from 153
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	69.7	Up from 69.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	50.5	Up from 49.7
Teacher attendance rate	96.4	Up from 96.1
Average teacher salary	$54,408	Up from $51,428
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	70.7	Down from 72.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	84.2	Down from 85.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	77.2	Up from 76.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	21.2	Down from 22.9
Prime instructional time	82.9	N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.3 to 1	Up from 23.4 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	56	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals in high poverty schools	5	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	36	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders in high poverty schools	5	N/A
Percent of inexperienced principals	55.6	N/A
Number of inexperienced principals	5.0	N/A
Percent of inexperienced other school leaders	35.7	N/A
Number of inexperienced other school leaders	5.0	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	33.3	Up from 4.9
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	10	Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	26.7	Down from 26.8
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	8	Down from 11
Percent of inexperienced teachers	38.2	Up from 4.8
Number of inexperienced teachers	96	Up from 12
Percent of out-of-field teachers	36.7	Down from 44
Number of out-of-field teachers	92	Down from 111

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.