Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	352	Down from 369
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	56.8	Down from 57.7
Teacher attendance rate	92.7	Up from 70.5
Average teacher salary	$53,781	Up from $52,312
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	93.2	Down from 95.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	78.0	Down from 81.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	82.4	Down from 85.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	5.1	Up from 2.2
Prime instructional time	84.4	Up from 60.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	26.1 to 1	Up from 24.6 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	9.4	Down from 35.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	3	Down from 43
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	29	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	21.9	Up from 19.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	7	Down from 24
Percent of inexperienced teachers	21.3	Down from 37.8
Number of inexperienced teachers	89	Down from 179
Percent of out-of-field teachers	21.3	Down from 27.5
Number of out-of-field teachers	89	Down from 130

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.