Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	328	Down from 351
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.8	Up from 65.2
Teacher attendance rate	94.1	Up from 93.8
Average teacher salary	$57,856	Up from $55,786
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	99.7	Up from 99.1
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	86.5	Up from 81.9
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	86.5	Down from 88.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.6	No change
Prime instructional time	85.9	Up from 85.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	22.9 to 1	Up from 22.5 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	15.7	Down from 28.8
Number of inexperienced teachers	59	Down from 108
Percent of out-of-field teachers	13.1	Down from 16.3
Number of out-of-field teachers	49	Down from 61

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.