Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1564	Down from 1596
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	53.6	Down from 56.1
Teacher attendance rate	92.4	Down from 94.0
Average teacher salary	$53,208	Up from $52,835
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.2	Down from 99.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	80.8	Down from 89.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	85.8	Down from 87.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.6	Up from 0.4
Prime instructional time	84.8	Down from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	25.2 to 1	Up from 20.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	25.1	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	248	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	6	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	3	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	9.5	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	94	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	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	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	27.2	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	470	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	10.5	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	181	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.