The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that impact the job satisfaction and retention of teachers at a rural high school in South Carolina. An electronic survey was given to 22 teachers in order to collect information on job satisfaction and teacher retention. Several factors were identified that impact job satisfaction and teachers expressed reasons for a likelihood to stay or leave their current job and or profession. A recommendation was made for schools to focus on the identified factors that lead to increased job satisfaction in order to improve teacher retention. The researcher attempted to establish a correlation between teacher retention and student achievement through the examination of South Carolina End of Course scores for the high school that participated in the study. A minor correlation was suggested between low teacher retention and low student achievement. The researcher recommended an expansion of future studies to include more data to strengthen the correlation. Financial data was collected from the participating school district to examine the cost of teacher recruitment, training, and retention efforts by the district. A recommendation was made for school districts to identify students that possess the desire and talent to teach and attempt to grow and internal talent pool of future teachers. The following is appended: Teacher retention and job satisfaction survey.