Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	595	Down from 612
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	61.0	Up from 60.6
Teacher attendance rate	94.1	Up from 91.5
Average teacher salary	$54,185	Up from $51,898
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	98.0	Down from 99.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	79.1	Down from 80.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	82.2	Down from 84.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	1.3	Up from 0.2
Prime instructional time	86.4	Up from 83.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	20.2 to 1	Down from 30.2 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	22.2	Down from 38.8
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	6	Down from 57
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	50	Up from 30
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	4	Up from 3
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	14.8	Up from 4.1
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	4	Down from 6
Percent of inexperienced teachers	25.6	Down from 27.8
Number of inexperienced teachers	139	Down from 153
Percent of out-of-field teachers	9.2	Up from 6.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	50	Up from 34

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.