Schools: Public: Lexington 1

For the third consecutive year, the fast-growing school system serving the Gilbert, Lexington, Pelion and White Knoll communities opens a pair of new schools this fall — Fort Pond Elementary and New Providence Elementary — in the Pelion and Lexington High attendance zones.

ABOUT THE DISTRICT

100 Tarrar Springs Road, Lexington, 29702; (803) 359-4178; www.lexington1.net

Superintendent: Karen C. Woodward

Total schools: 15 elementary, 6 middle, 4 high

Total students: 20,162

Total teachers: 1,470

2007 SAT average: 1041

Percentage of students who met the standard for the high school exit exam: 87.4 percent

Worth noting: Midway, Pleasant Hill and Red Bank elementaries offer language immersion instruction, in which a select group of early elementary students speak either French or Spanish exclusively during math and science classes. Lexington High, honored in 2006 as a National Blue Ribbon school, offers the International Baccalaureate degree program.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Carolina Springs

6340 Platt Springs Road, Lexington, 29073; (803) 358-7500; www.lexington1.net/cses

Enrollment: 700

Report card ratings: N/A Student-teacher ratio (projected): 21-to-1 Start/end times: 7:45 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

Forts Pond

Opening 2008-09 school year

7350 Fish Hatchery Road, Pelion, 29123; (803) 894-2500; www.edline.net/pages/Forts_Pond_Elementary

Enrollment (projected): N/A (school capacity is 680)

Report card ratings: N/A

Student-teacher ratio (projected): 21.2-to-1

Start/end times (tentative): 7:35 a.m./ 2:20 p.m.

Gilbert Primary

Grades K-2

520 Main St., Gilbert, 29054; (803) 892-1200; www.lexington1.net/gps

Enrollment: 721

Report card ratings: Absolute, excellent; improvement, good Student-teacher ratio: 24-to-1

Start/end times: 7:35 a.m./ 2:15 p.m.

Gilbert Elementary

314 Main St., Gilbert, 29054; (803) 892-1000; www.lexington1.net/ges

Enrollment: 610

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, good Student-teacher ratio: 24-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

Lake Murray

205 Wise Ferry Road, Lexington, 29072; (803) 808-1545; www.lexington1.net/lme

Enrollment: 1,123

Report card ratings: Absolute, excellent; improvement, excellent Student-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

Lexington

116 Azalea Drive, Lexington, 29072; (803) 359-4123; www.lexington1.net/les

Enrollment: 916

Report card ratings: Absolute, excellent; improvement, average Student-teacher ratio: 20-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m. (grade 1); 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m. (grades 2-5)

Lexington Intermediate

Grades 5-6

420 Hendrix St., Lexington, 29072; (803) 359-5128; www.lexington1.net/lis/

Enrollment: 330

Report card ratings: Absolute, excellent; improvement, average

Student-teacher ratio: 19-to-1

Start/end times: 8 a.m./ 3:15 p.m.

Midway

180 Midway Road, Lexington, 29072; (803) 951-8770; www.lexington1.net/mes

Enrollment: 985

Report card ratings: Absolute, excellent; improvement, excellent Student-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

New Providence

Opening 2008-09 school year

1118 Old Cherokee Road, Lexington, 29072; (803) 358-7900 ; www.edline.net/pages/New_Providence_Elementary_Scho

Enrollment (projected): N/A (capacity is 800)

Report card ratings: N/A Student-teacher ratio: 21- to-1

Start/end times (tentative): 7:40 a.m./2:25 p.m.

Oak Grove

479 Oak Drive, Lexington, 29073; (803)356-0220; www.lexington1.net/oge

Enrollment: 503

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, below average

Student-teacher ratio: 19-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./2:25 p.m.

Pelion

1202 Pine St., Pelion, 29123; (803) 894-2000; www.lexington1.net/pes

Enrollment: 995

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 15-to-1

Start/end times: 7:35 a.m./ 2:20 p.m.

Pleasant Hill

664 Rawl Road, Lexington, 29072; (803) 358-7300; www.lexington1.net/phes/

Enrollment: 675

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, below average

Student-teacher ratio: 22-to-1 (estimate)

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

Red Bank

246 Community Drive, Lexington, 29073; (803) 359-6101; www.lexington1.net/rbe/new/index.htm

Enrollment: 1,093

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

Saxe Gotha

100 Bill Williamson Court, Lexington, 29073; (803) 957-7022; www.lexington1.net/sge

Enrollment: 815

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, below average Student-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

White Knoll

132 White Knoll Way, West Columbia, 29170; (803) 957-7700; www.lexington.net/wke

Enrollment: 958

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Start/end times: 7:40 a.m./ 2:25 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Carolina Springs

6180 Platt Springs Road, Lexington, 29073; (803) 358-7400; www.lexington1.net/csms

Enrollment: 622

Report card ratings: N/A Student-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Start/end times: 8:05 a.m./ 3:15 p.m.

Gilbert

120 Rikard Circle, Gilbert, 29054; (803) 892-1050; www.lexington1.net/gms

Enrollment: 701

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Start/end times: 8 a.m./ 3:25 p.m.

Lexington

702 North Lake Drive, Lexington, 29072; (803) 359-6169; www.lexington1.net/lms

Enrollment: 1,042

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, below average

Student-teacher ratio: 22-to-1

Start/end times: 8:15 a.m./ 3:30 p.m.

Pelion

758 Magnolia St., Pelion, 29123; (803) 894-2050; www.lexington1.net/pms/

Enrollment: 790

Report card ratings: Absolute, below average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 20-to-1

Start/end times: 7:25 a.m./ 2:10 p.m. (grade 5); 8:10 a.m./ 3:30 p.m. (grades 6-8)

Pleasant Hill

660 Rawl Road, Lexington, 29072; (803) 996-4200; Web site not available

Enrollment: 719

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, below average

Student-teacher ratio: 23-to-1 (estimated)

Start/end times: 8:15 a.m./ 3:30 p.m.

White Knoll

116 White Knoll Way, West Columbia, 29170; (803) 957-4400; www.lexington1.net/wkm/

Enrollment: 1,373

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 22-to-1

Start/end times: 8:15 a.m./ 3:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOLS

Gilbert

840 Main St., Gilbert, 29054; (803) 892-1100; www.edline.net/pages/Gilbert_High_School

Enrollment: 881

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, below average Student-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Start/end times: 8:10 a.m./ 3:20 p.m.

Lexington

2463 Augusta Highway, Lexington, 29072; (803) 359-5565; https://www.edline.net/pages/Lexington_High_School

Enrollment: 2,361

Report card ratings: Absolute, excellent; improvement, good

Student-teacher ratio: 25-to-1

Start/end times: 8:20 a.m./ 3:20 p.m.

Pelion

600 Lydia Drive, Pelion, 29123; (803) 894-2100; www.lexington1.net/phs/index.html

Enrollment: 744

Report card ratings: Absolute, average; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 28-to-1

Start/end times: 8 a.m./ 3:15 p.m.

White Knoll

5643 Platt Springs Road, Lexington, 29073; (803) 996-4500 www.lexington1.net/wkh/

Enrollment: 1,784

Report card ratings: Absolute, good; improvement, unsatisfactory

Student-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Start/end times: 8:20 a.m./ 3:30 p.m.