Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	5027	Down from 5032
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.2	Down from 64.1
Teacher attendance rate	92.3	Down from 94.6
Average teacher salary	$56,422	Up from $54,595
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.5	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	85.9	Down from 92.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	89.3	Down from 90.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.7	Up from 0.1
Prime instructional time	86.0	Down from 86.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.6 to 1	Down from 27.6 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	18.9	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	360	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	6	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	4.3	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	81	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	31.2	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	280	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	4	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	2	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3.6	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	32	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	23.1	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	1124	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	3.9	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	191	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.