Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1281	Down from 1332
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	70.8	Down from 71.2
Teacher attendance rate	93.9	Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary	$59,466	Up from $56,719
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.8	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	87.2	Down from 92.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	90.6	Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	3.6	Up from 0.5
Prime instructional time	88.1	Down from 88.4
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.7 to 1	Up from 21.3 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	12.2	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	88	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	8	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	2	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7.9	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	57	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	27.5	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	11	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	5.0	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	17.0	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	200	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.3	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	109	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.