Class Environment

Lexington High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 145 Down from 159
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 78.6 Up from 72.3
Teacher attendance rate 93.7 Down from 94.4
Average teacher salary $65,148 Up from $61,399
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 Up from 99.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.4 Down from 90.3
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 88.2 Down from 89.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 84.4 Down from 85.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 36.4 to 1 Up from 30.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 6.9 Down from 9
Number of inexperienced teachers 14 Down from 20
Percent of out-of-field teachers 18.3 Down from 24.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 37 Down from 54
Percent of inexperienced school leaders N/AV N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders N/AV 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.