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Lexington High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2463 Augusta Highway
Lexington, SC 29072
Phone
(803) 821-1300
District
Lexington 01
County
LEXINGTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2410
Classroom Teachers
172

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Carolina

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.0% of all SC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Lexington High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
46%
31%
67%
47%
24%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 678 28.1%
Grade 10 619 25.7%
Grade 11 530 22.0%
Grade 12 583 24.2%
Total 2410 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.8% 70.9% 50.8%
Black 11.5% 14.3% 33.4%
Hispanic 8.4% 11.0% 13.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.0% 3.4% 1.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 17.3% 34.9% 70.0%
Free lunch eligible 14.6% 32.3% 66.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.6% 2.6% 3.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 148,777 5,282,634
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 443.2 174
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.0% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.6% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.3% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 55,536 2,023,085
Single Parent Households With Children 8.3% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.8% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.4% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.9% 14.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 15.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.9% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.8% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.0% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.5% 12.7%
$15,000 or less 6.2% 10.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,014 $196,608,000 41.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,008 $28,243,010 6.0%
Staff $704 $19,736,000 4.2%
General Administration $29 $816,000 0.2%
School Administration $617 $17,303,000 3.7%
Operation $1,059 $29,674,000 6.3%
Transportation $462 $12,958,990 2.8%
Other $742 $20,797,000 4.4%
Total Support $4,621 $129,528,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,117 $143,446,000 30.5%
Total Expenditures $16,752 $469,582,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,168 $5,657,337,000 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $903 $712,782,320 6.1%
Staff $704 $555,750,000 4.8%
General Administration $104 $82,105,000 0.7%
School Administration $780 $615,561,000 5.3%
Operation $1,170 $923,498,000 7.9%
Transportation $430 $339,663,680 2.9%
Other $537 $424,054,000 3.6%
Total Support $4,629 $3,653,414,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,013 $2,378,175,000 20.3%
Total Expenditures $14,811 $11,688,926,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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