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.