Enrollment
379
High
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUDERDALE COUNTY·NCES 010201000770
Lexington High School
101 School St, Lexington, AL 35648 · (256) 229-6622 · Lauderdale County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Alabama public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
133 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 66 | 17% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
35.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lexington High School
Lexington High School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington High School this school | 379 | 35.1% | 52.7% |
| Rogers High School Florence | 510 | 36.5% | 32.0% |
| Corner High School Dora | 492 | 32.9% | 35.0% |
| Glencoe High School Glencoe | 300 | 37.7% | 25.2% |
| Elmore County High School Eclectic | 494 | 33.0% | 44.5% |
| Lauderdale County High School Rogersville | 542 | 33.2% | 43.1% |
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lexington High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Lauderdale County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #15 of 305 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #46 of 305 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #16 of 305 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #235 of 319 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #185 of 307 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #295 of 307 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #274 of 317 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.5% | #3 of 164 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
379
-437 (-54%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 379 | 21.5 | 17.6:1 | 35% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 23.5 | 16.5:1 | 46% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 21.5 | 16.3:1 | 47% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 40% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 49.7 | 17.9:1 | 39% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 916 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 38% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 913 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 35% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 31% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 47 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lexington High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 58% (892 to 379); teachers down 57% (49.7 to 21.5).
About Lexington High School
Lexington High School is a small high school that serves part of Lexington, Alabama. The school has 379 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12. That compares with an average of about 682 students for high schools in Alabama.
Lexington High School is one school in Lauderdale County, a system of 14 schools with 7,952 students.
By race and ethnicity, Lexington High School is 96% White. The school's White share is 13 points above the 83% share among Lauderdale County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
A staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 35%. Among public schools in Lauderdale County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
Among Alabama public high schools, Lexington High School outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Lexington High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.7% and a predicted 58.4%.
In Lauderdale County, home to about 95,830 people, median household income comes to about $62,649, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lauderdale County's 24 public schools enroll about 12,526 students and include Lexington High School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lexington Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 5 other public schools within ten miles. On state test proficiency, Lexington High School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Lexington High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 816 to 379. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.0:1 in 2020-21 to 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Lauderdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,830
Census ACS
Median income
$62,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lauderdale County
- Brooks Elementary SchoolElementary · 874 students
- Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Brooks High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 596 students
- Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other Lexington High schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Lexington High. Lexington High School is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Lexington HighLexington, SC · 2,536 students
- Lexington HighLexington, MA · 2,405 students
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOLLEXINGTON, NE · 915 students
- Lexington High SchoolLexington, TN · 890 students
- Lexington High SchoolLexington, OH · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Lexington Elementary School0.0 mi · 454
- Loretto High School8.3 mi · 452
- Rogers High School8.4 mi · 510
- Rogers Elementary School8.4 mi · 592
- South Lawrence Elementary8.4 mi · 624
- Brooks High School10.2 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About Lexington High SchoolHow many students attend Lexington High School?
Lexington High School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades 07-12.
Is Lexington High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lexington High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Lexington High School have?
Lexington High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lexington High School?
Student demographics at Lexington High School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lexington High School in?
Lexington High School is part of Lauderdale County.
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