Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	1244	Down from 1265
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.1	Down from 65.6
Teacher attendance rate	93.1	Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary	$55,709	Up from $54,641
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.6	Down from 99.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	83.1	Down from 89.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	86.7	Down from 87.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.5	Up from 0.2
Prime instructional time	86.1	Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	22.4 to 1	Down from 23.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	20.8	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	45	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	9	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	1	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	14.4	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	31	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	100	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	1	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	23.1	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	245	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	14.7	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	156	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.