Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	74	Down from 78
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	52.7	Up from 48.7
Teacher attendance rate	94.7	Up from 92.6
Average teacher salary	$52,683	Up from $49,472
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.3	Up from 96.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	91.4	Up from 71.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	80.3	Up from 73.4
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	4.1	Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time	85.3	Up from 81.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	18.0 to 1	Down from 18.4 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	0	No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	0	No change
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	21.4	Down from 42.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	6	Down from 46
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	14	Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	1	Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	10.7	Down from 36.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3	Down from 40
Percent of inexperienced teachers	15.2	Down from 42.2
Number of inexperienced teachers	12	Down from 46
Percent of out-of-field teachers	16.5	Down from 36.7
Number of out-of-field teachers	13	Down from 40

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.