Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	164	Down from 224
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	20.9	Down from 21.4
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	47.6	Down from 55.9
Teacher attendance rate	94.1	Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary	$50,577	Up from $49,470
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	90.9	Down from 96.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	82.1	Down from 89.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	87.7	Down from 90.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	7.9	Up from 2.2
Prime instructional time	84.2	Up from 83.1
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	19.0 to 1	Down 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	11.5	Down from 17.5
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	6	Down from 50
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	14	Up from 7
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	23.1	Up from 17.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	12	Down from 49
Percent of inexperienced teachers	11.4	Down from 17.5
Number of inexperienced teachers	31	Down from 50
Percent of out-of-field teachers	21.4	Up from 17.1
Number of out-of-field teachers	58	Up from 49

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.