Class Environment

Lexington High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 129.0 Up from 128.0
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 76.0 Up from 73.4
Teacher attendance rate 93.6 Up from 93.4
Average teacher salary $54,606 Up from $54,017
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 89.1 Up from 87.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 89.0 N/A
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 90.2 Up from 89.6
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 85.5 Down from 86.6
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 29.3 to 1 Up from 27.0 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in core classes 4 N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 5.3 N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in core classes 4 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.