Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	417	Down from 488
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	43.2	Down from 43.9
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	64.3	Up from 62.7
Teacher attendance rate	93.5	Up from 92.9
Average teacher salary	$55,655	Up from $52,199
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.6	Down from 99.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	86.8	Down from 89.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	88.5	Down from 89.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	5.3	Up from 1.4
Prime instructional time	86.0	Up from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.1 to 1	Up from 21.5 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	18.5	Down from 35.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	5	Down from 28
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	25	Up from 17
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	7.4	Down from 24.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	Down from 19
Percent of inexperienced teachers	13.1	Down from 22.1
Number of inexperienced teachers	63	Down from 104
Percent of out-of-field teachers	15.2	Down from 16.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	73	Down from 77

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.