Lexington School District 1

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Lexington County School District One
Location
100 Tarrar Springs Road, Lexington, SC
Lexington County, South Carolina
United States
Coordinates 33°58′36″N81°12′41″W / 33.9766°N 81.2114°W / 33.9766; -81.2114
District information
TypePublic
Motto"Where Children and Learning Are One"
GradesPre-Kindergarten–12
SuperintendentDr. Gerrita Postlewait
Schools31
Students and staff
Students27,300 [1]
Staff1,827 teachers [2]
Other information
Website www.lexington1.net

Lexington School District One, or Lexington One, is a school district in Lexington County, South Carolina, serving the greater areas of Lexington, Pelion, and Gilbert. Lexington One is the largest school district in Lexington County and the 6th largest school district in the state of South Carolina with an enrollment of 27,300 students. [1]

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Enrollment and geography

Lexington One serves more than 27,300 students from pre-school-kindergarten to grade 12 with more than 3,900 employees and 31 schools: 17 elementary schools; 8 middle schools; 5 high schools and 1 technology center. [1] Lexington One is made up of 360 square miles, stretching from Lake Murray to Lexington County's southern border with Aiken County. [1] Lexington One occupies 48% of Lexington County's 750 square miles. The 2010 Census Data shows Lexington County's population as 262,391 and the area that makes up Lexington One's population as 121,030 or 46% of the county. From 2003 to 2013 Lexington One grew by an average of 511 new students per year.

Schools

Public schools in Lexington One (2019 data) [3]
Elementary SchoolsEnrollmentMunicipality
Pleasant Hill Elementary School948 Lexington
Midway Elementary School947 Lexington
Meadow Glen Elementary School908 Lexington
Carolina Springs Elementary School800 Lexington
Gilbert Primary School780 Gilbert
Lake Murray Elementary School759 Lexington
Saxe Gotha Elementary School752 Lexington
Gilbert Elementary School743 Gilbert
Rocky Creek Elementary730 Lexington
Deerfield Elementary School723 Lexington
Oak Grove Elementary School715 Lexington
White Knoll Elementary711 West Columbia
New Providence Elementary School672 Lexington
Lexington Elementary School644 Lexington
Pelion Elementary School631 Pelion
Red Bank Elementary School579 Lexington
Forts Pond Elementary School567 Pelion
Centerville Elementary Schoolopens 2020 Gilbert
Middle SchoolsEnrollmentMunicipality
Pleasant Hill Middle School1,208 Lexington
Meadow Glen Middle School1,029 Lexington
Lakeside Middle School992 Lexington
Carolina Springs Middle930 Lexington
Beechwood Middle School850 Lexington
White Knoll Middle School787 West Columbia
Gilbert Middle School770 Gilbert
Pelion Middle School578 Pelion
High schoolsEnrollmentMunicipality
Lexington High School 2,105 Lexington
River Bluff High School 2,047 Lexington
White Knoll High School 1,955 Lexington
Gilbert High School 1,022 Gilbert
Pelion High School 680 Pelion
Lexington Technology Center [lower-alpha 1] Lexington
Adult education schoolsEnrollmentMunicipality
Rosenwald Community Learning Center [lower-alpha 2] 100 [lower-alpha 3] Lexington
Total Enrollment27,300 [1]

Demographics

Racial demographics (2018-2019) [4]
Race%
White73.1%
Hispanic/Latino15.4%
African American5%
Two or more races4.8%
Asian.5%
Other1.2%

Leadership

The Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, who are elected to four-year terms every presidential election, meet and manage the school district's policies and finances. Dr. Gerrita Postlewait was hired in 2022 and is the current superintendent of Lexington One.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Lexington Technology Center offers technical classes to students from all Lexington One high schools, and has no fixed enrollment.
  2. ↑ This building used to be a black school until the district desegregated in 1969. The building became Lexington Intermediate School until the 2010s, serving grades 5-6.
  3. ↑ Enrollment varies depending on the time of year. This figure is not included in the total enrollment.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Lexington County School District One". Lexington One. n.d. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lexington County School District One". www.lexdistrict1.com.
  3. ↑ "SC School Report Card". South Carolina Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Lexington School District One Ethnicity Report" (PDF). Lexington School District One. 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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