Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	95	Up from 83
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	63.2	Down from 77.1
Teacher attendance rate	96.0	No change
Average teacher salary	$51,034	Up from $50,137
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	92.6	Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	80.7	Up from 77.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	81.0	Up from 80.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	6.3	Down from 9.6
Prime instructional time	89.1	Up from 87.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	28.4 to 1	Up from 24.4 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	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	4.5	Down from 51.3
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	1	Down from 61
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	10	Down from 20
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	1	Down from 2
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	31.8	Down from 48.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	7	Down from 58
Percent of inexperienced teachers	6.0	Down from 51.3
Number of inexperienced teachers	7	Down from 61
Percent of out-of-field teachers	52.6	Up from 48.7
Number of out-of-field teachers	61	Up from 58

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.