Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	495	Down from 564
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	93.3	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.3	Up from 61.9
Teacher attendance rate	91.1	Down from 92.2
Average teacher salary	$56,301	Up from $55,147
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.4	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	89.3	Up from 88.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	90.5	Down from 91.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.6	Up from 1.1
Prime instructional time	82.8	Up from 82.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.4 to 1	Up from 22.0 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	16.7	Down from 23.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3	Down from 23
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	29	Down from 33
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	2	Up from 1
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	5.6	Down from 10.2
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1	Down from 10
Percent of inexperienced teachers	12.3	Down from 15.4
Number of inexperienced teachers	73	Down from 96
Percent of out-of-field teachers	15.9	Up from 10.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	94	Up from 64

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.