Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	644	Down from 657
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.3	Up from 64.4
Teacher attendance rate	92.6	Down from 93.1
Average teacher salary	$56,391	Up from $53,963
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.5	Down from 99.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	87.8	Down from 89.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	89.5	Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 0.2
Prime instructional time	86.1	Down from 86.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	32.0 to 1	Down from 38.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	23.0	Down from 24.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	20	Down from 129
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	12	Up from 9
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	3	Up from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	8.0	Up from 7.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	7	Down from 37
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	0	No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	0	No change
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	22.0	Down from 24
Number of inexperienced teachers	163	Down from 191
Percent of out-of-field teachers	7.6	Up from 6.4
Number of out-of-field teachers	56	Up from 51

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.