Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	426	Down from 460
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	67.6	Up from 65.4
Teacher attendance rate	93.4	Down from 94.7
Average teacher salary	$54,333	Up from $52,020
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	97.2	Up from 96.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	84.2	Down from 88.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	87.9	Down from 90.1
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	2.1	Up from 0.4
Prime instructional time	86.2	Down from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	17.0 to 1	Down from 19.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	8.6	Down from 15.4
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	6	Down from 16
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	17.1	Up from 15.4
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	12	Down from 16
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	17.0	Down from 29.2
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	34	Down from 38
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	16.5	Down from 17.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	33	Up from 23
Percent of inexperienced teachers	13.0	Down from 20
Number of inexperienced teachers	63	Down from 100
Percent of out-of-field teachers	13.9	Down from 16.4
Number of out-of-field teachers	67	Down from 82

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.