In June 2025,  Lexington County School District One board members approved a $401,392,479 budget, which included new positions. At the time, Superintendent Keith Price told board members the district would implement key performance indicators to track programs and new positions made possible through the $400M budget. 

At a recent board meeting, the district presented its first key performance indicator report, highlighting the work of nine elementary math coaches, four middle school academic interventionists, one middle school behavior interventionist and one custodial services specialist.

The math coaches work with educators with the goal of supporting instructional strategies in the classrooms and providing coaching activities aimed at giving teachers additional math learning opportunities.

In July, coaches held 185 activities; 1,039 in August; 1,277 in September; and 276 in October, totaling 2,777 activities. 

Math coaches also have integrated exit slips. Those who participate in activities rank the activity from one to five. The lowest ranking was 4.49. Price said that the feedback shows the activities are of high quality for the district's teachers. 

Four middle school academic interventionists have been working at Carolina Springs Middle School, Gilbert Middle School, Pelion Middle School and White Knoll Middle School, focused on improving achievement and growth for students. 

The interventionists have been implementing a multi-tiered system of support, which aims to give targeted support for students to succeed. They have been conducting regular MTSS meetings, looking at student performance data and exploring other interventions to support specific students, according to school officials.

The middle school behavior interventionist has been working on improving the success rates in the schools, according to school officials. One metric to track performance is the number of students with one or more in-school or out-of-school suspensions.

White Knoll Middle School has seen an increase in referrals. Last year, the school had 357; this year, that number rose to 629. Price said the school began counting tardies as referrals this year, and without tardies, the total so far is 491 referrals.

The middle school has also seen more suspensions. There have been 107 in-school suspensions compared to 75 last year, while there have been 90 out-of-school suspensions compared to 73 last year. Expulsions have dropped from 23 to nine. 

Carolina Springs Middle has seen fewer overall referrals, currently at 230. In-school suspensions have increased to 74, and out-of-school suspensions have risen from 39 to 45. Expulsions have dropped from 14 to four. 

“So again, the number of suspensions are not going in the direction that we would like to see,” Price said, adding the district will continue to monitor the data and see if the numbers improve. 

Another metric for the middle school behavior interventionist is the number of threat assessments, which occur when a threat is reported toward oneself, other students or the school. 

Currently, there have been nine assessments at Carolina Springs Middle and seven at White Knoll Middle. A year ago, there were zero assessments conducted at Carolina Springs and three at White Knoll.

Each student who meets with the behavioral interventionist has individualized goals. At Carolina Springs, 20% of students have already met their goals, and 22% at White Knoll have met their goals. As students meet their goals, district officials say additional students will be identified to receive the same support.