Class Environment
District of Lexington County School District One
Classroom Environment
Our District | Change from Last Year | |
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Total Number of Teachers | 1901 | Down from 2010 |
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification | N/AV | N/A |
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 67.5 | Up from 66.0 |
Teacher attendance rate | 94.0 | Up from 93.4 |
Average teacher salary | $58,086 | Up from $55,980 |
Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 99.0 | Down from 99.3 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 88.5 | Up from 88.2 |
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 89.2 | Down from 90.2 |
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.5 | Down from 0.6 |
Prime instructional time | 86.2 | Up from 85.2 |
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 22.8 to 1 | Down from 24.7 to 1 |
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 11.9 | Down from 15.3 |
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 13 | Down from 172 |
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 14 | Up from 4 |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools | 8 | Up from 1 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 9.2 | Down from 11.2 |
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools | 10 | Down from 126 |
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 | 0 | No change |
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools | 0 | No change |
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 | 14.6 | Down from 19.3 |
Number of inexperienced teachers | 299 | Down from 380 |
Percent of out-of-field teachers | 11.3 | Down from 11.5 |
Number of out-of-field teachers | 230 | Up from 226 |
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.