Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	192	Down from 193
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.5	Up from 62.6
Teacher attendance rate	96.1	Up from 94.5
Average teacher salary	$55,296	Up from $53,240
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	96.9	Up from 96.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	87.1	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	88.8	Up from 87.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.5	Down from 1.6
Prime instructional time	88.1	Up from 85.9
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	21.9 to 1	Up from 21.4 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	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
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	9.1	Down from 22.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	Down from 13
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	9.1	Up from 3.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	2	No change
Percent of inexperienced teachers	21.5	Down from 26.1
Number of inexperienced teachers	42	Down from 53
Percent of out-of-field teachers	13.8	Up from 12.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	27	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.