Class Environment
Lexington High School
Classroom Environment
| Our School | Change from Last Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Teachers | 159 | Up from 157 |
| Percent of teachers with advanced degrees | 72.3 | Down from 73.5 |
| Teacher attendance rate | 94.4 | Up from 94.1 |
| Average teacher salary | $61,399 | Up from $59,467 |
| Percent of teachers on continuing contract | 99.4 | No change |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year | 90.3 | Up from 88.9 |
| Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average | 89.7 | Up from 88.3 |
| Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks | 0.0 | No change |
| Prime instructional time | 85.0 | Up from 83.2 |
| Student-teacher ratio in core subjects | 30.9 to 1 | Down from 33.1 to 1 |
| Percent of inexperienced teachers | 9.0 | Down from 23.7 |
| Number of inexperienced teachers | 20 | Down from 36 |
| Percent of out-of-field teachers | 24.2 | Up from 13.8 |
| Number of out-of-field teachers | 54 | Up from 21 |
| 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.