Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	351	Down from 362
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	65.2	Down from 66.6
Teacher attendance rate	93.8	No change
Average teacher salary	$55,786	Up from $54,741
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.1	Down from 99.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	81.9	Down from 91
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	88.6	Down from 89.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.6	Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time	85.6	Down from 87.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	22.5 to 1	Down from 23.6 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	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	28.8	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	108	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	16.3	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	61	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.