Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	626	Down from 628
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	64.9	Up from 59.1
Teacher attendance rate	92.7	Down from 93.3
Average teacher salary	$55,894	Up from $54,111
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	Up from 99.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	86.0	Down from 90.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	89.0	Down from 90.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.6	Up from 0.2
Prime instructional time	88.2	Up from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	22.5 to 1	Down from 25.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	27.4	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	46	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	14.9	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	25	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	22.1	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	174	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.5	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	75	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.