Class Environment

Lexington Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 44 Down from 49
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 59.1 Up from 46.4
Teacher attendance rate 94.0 Down from 94.2
Average teacher salary $54,467 Up from $52,050
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 77.6 Down from 90.2
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 82.2 Down from 84.9
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 2.3 Up from 0.0
Prime instructional time 86.2 Down from 86.5
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 24.2 to 1 Up from 22.8 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 25.6 Down from 30.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 11 Down from 13
Percent of out-of-field teachers 2.3 Up from 0
Number of out-of-field teachers 1 Up from 0
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 No change

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.