Regular local school district · Lexington County
Lexington 03 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Lexington 03 School District runs 4 public schools with 1,961 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Lexington 03".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,961
- Teachers (FTE)
- 160
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 338 West Columbia Avenue, Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29006
- Phone
- (803)532-4423
- County
- Lexington County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4502760
- State district ID
- SC-3203
- Total staff (FTE)
- 375
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 490 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
South Carolina14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,020), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $34.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.8 million
- State revenue
- $17.3 million
- Local revenue
- $13.4 million
- Total spending
- $34.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,053
- Salaries
- $16.2 million47.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $148,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.0%
- State: 50.0%
- Local: 38.9%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,053
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Lexington 03 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Batesburg-Leesville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 429 | 11.9 |
| Batesburg-Leesville High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 545 | 11.4 |
| Batesburg-Leesville Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 462 | 14.0 |
| Batesburg-Leesville Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 525 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lexington County
- Lexington 01 School District 27,074 students
- Lexington 02 School District 8,465 students
- Lexington 04 School District 3,474 students
- Dept of Juvenile Justice 417 students
- Wil Lou Gray Opportunity 0 students
More in South Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.