Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	78	Down from 79
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	48.7	Down from 53.4
Teacher attendance rate	92.6	Down from 93.2
Average teacher salary	$49,472	Down from $50,412
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.2	Down from 97.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	71.8	Down from 77.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	73.4	Down from 76.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	81.8	Down from 84.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	18.4 to 1	Up from 16.7 to 1
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 inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 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	42.2	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	46	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	36.7	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	40	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	42.2	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	46	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	36.7	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	40	N/A

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.