District profile / South Carolina

Lexington 01

Lexington, South Carolina · Public school district · #6 of 68 South Carolina districts by enrollment

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27,074

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,456

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the South Carolina median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Carolina median 13.6

Lexington 01 is a public school district based in Lexington, South Carolina, serving 27,074 students in 32 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 68 South Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 846 students each, more than the South Carolina median of 550. It spends about $12,456 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Lexington 01 compares

Lexington 01South Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,456

South Carolina median $12,570 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,262

South Carolina median $7,082 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school846

South Carolina median 550 · 54% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

South Carolina median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor288

South Carolina median 340 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$418.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 51%Local 41%

Measure	Lexington 01	South Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,456	$12,570	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,262	$7,082	FY2020-21
Total spending	$469.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$418.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,083	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,340	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	288	340	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The South Carolina median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in South Carolina

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Richland 02Columbia	28,841	32	$12,557	13.8	#5
Lexington 01Lexington · this district	27,074	32	$12,456	13.0	#6
Dorchester 02Summerville	25,928	25	$10,907	15.1	#7
Aiken 01Aiken	22,916	41	$11,879	14.4	#8
Richland 01Columbia	21,814	48	$16,464	12.1	#9

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Onslow County SchoolsJacksonville, NC	27,551	$10,233	15.7
Hall CountyGainesville, GA	27,257	$11,267	14.4
Lodi UnifiedLodi, CA	27,109	$14,545	21.3
Norfolk City Public SchoolsNorfolk, VA	26,807	$13,372	12.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-sc-lexington-01