Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	174	Down from 182
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.7	Up from 63.3
Teacher attendance rate	94.7	Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary	$57,814	Up from $54,244
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	87.6	Down from 88
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	89.7	Up from 87.3
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	Down from 0.5
Prime instructional time	86.7	Up from 86.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	23.2 to 1	Down from 29.8 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	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
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	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	13.9	Down from 24.3
Number of inexperienced teachers	29	Down from 59
Percent of out-of-field teachers	12.0	Up from 8.2
Number of out-of-field teachers	25	Up from 20

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.