Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	219	Down from 238
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	74.9	Up from 66.5
Teacher attendance rate	96.5	Up from 96.1
Average teacher salary	$56,537	Up from $56,444
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	Up from 98.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	87.6	Up from 81.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	87.6	Down from 88.0
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.8	Down from 2.1
Prime instructional time	89.5	Down from 89.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	17.4 to 1	Up from 12.2 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	16.2	Down from 17.6
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	6	Down from 27
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	20	Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	2	Up from 0
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	8.1	Down from 10.5
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3	Down from 16
Percent of inexperienced teachers	13.2	Down from 19.8
Number of inexperienced teachers	28	Down from 45
Percent of out-of-field teachers	17.9	Up from 11
Number of out-of-field teachers	38	Up from 25

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.