Class Environment

Lexington Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 40 Down from 44
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 55.0 Down from 59.1
Teacher attendance rate 94.8 Up from 94.0
Average teacher salary $56,056 Up from $54,467
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 75.5 Down from 77.6
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.1 Down from 82.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 Down from 2.3
Prime instructional time 87.3 Up from 86.2
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 21.9 to 1 Down from 24.2 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.7 Down from 25.6
Number of inexperienced teachers 10 Down from 11
Percent of out-of-field teachers 4.5 Up from 2.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 2 Up from 1
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 33.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 1 N/A

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.