Class Environment

District of Lexington County School District One


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 1959 Down from 1981
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification N/AV N/A
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 N/A
Average teacher salary $54,934 Up from $54,684
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 91.0 Down from 91.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 91.0 Up from 90.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.1 Down from 0.2
Prime instructional time 89.9 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.5 to 1 N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.9 Up from 8.1
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 111 Up from 61
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 3.6 Up from 2.7
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 27 Up from 20

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.