Class Environment

District of Lexington County School District Three


Classroom Environment

Our District Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 160 Up from 146
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification 38.5 Up from 12.0
Teacher attendance rate 93.2 N/A
Average teacher salary $53,253 Up from $51,891
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 90.6 Up from 89.4
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.3 Up from 89.5
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 83.2 N/A
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects N/AV N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 14.3 Up from 11.7
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 11 Up from 9
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 6.5 Up from 2.6
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5 Up from 2

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.