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Enrollment
1,188
Middle
DISTRICT 931 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANAHEIM UNION HIGH·NCES 060263000179
Lexington Junior High
4351 Orange Ave., Cypress, CA 90630 · (714) 220-4201 · Orange County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,188 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of California public middle 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.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
668 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 603 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 585 | 49% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2014
Math
48.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.2% | 38.1% | 19.4% | 17.3% |
| Math | 31.3% | 17.1% | 24.7% | 27.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 52.4% |
| 2021-22 | 70.7% | 51.7% |
| 2020-21 | 66.0% | 52.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.0% | 57.4% |
| 2017-18 | 67.7% | 56.7% |
| 2016-17 | 67.1% | 54.9% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for California 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 California'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 Junior High
Lexington Junior High's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Junior High this school | 1,188 | 56.2% | 56.6% |
| Robert O. Townsend Junior High Chino Hills | 905 | 54.8% | 63.9% |
| Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate Eastvale | 1,228 | 58.7% | 59.1% |
| Kraemer Middle Placentia | 889 | 52.9% | 63.2% |
| Aptos Middle San Francisco | 911 | 58.7% | 55.1% |
| D. Russell Parks Junior High Fullerton | 854 | 47.7% | 66.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #260 of 1,224 | #41 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #288 of 1,227 ▼ 30 | #43 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #281 of 1,227 ▼ 55 | #42 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #55 of 1,214 | #1 of 84 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,188 | #74 of 1,377 | #3 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #1,245 of 1,279 | #86 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #109 of 1,278 | #9 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #874 of 1,329 | #45 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #380 of 930 | #47 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,188
-52 (-4%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 1,188 | 44.2 | 26.9:1 | 56% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 1,276 | 47.9 | 26.6:1 | 53% (679) |
| 2022-23 | 1,283 | 51.8 | 24.8:1 | 49% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 1,240 | 49 | 25.3:1 | 50% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 1,459 | 49 | 29.8:1 | 39% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 1,358 | 49 | 27.7:1 | 37% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 1,278 | N/A | N/A | 25% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 1,085 | 43 | 25.2:1 | 18% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 781 | 30 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lexington Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,459 to 1,188); teachers down 10% (49 to 44.2).
About Lexington Junior High
Lexington Junior High is a large middle school with an address in Cypress, California. The latest federal count shows 1,188 students in grades 7 through 8. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 80% higher.
A total of 21 schools make up Anaheim Union High, with 26,076 students enrolled.
Lexington Junior High's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 37%. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 21% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Lexington Junior High has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Lexington Junior High counts 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 26.9 students for each one. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. About 56% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 55% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for Lexington Junior High is A-. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lexington Junior High is 46.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.6%.
In the county around the school, Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Lexington Junior High is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
The next-closest public school is A. E. Arnold Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lexington Junior High. On proficiency, Lexington Junior High is ahead of the 55.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The NCES locale for Lexington Junior High is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Lexington Junior High saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.3:1 to 26.9:1 over the same years.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anaheim Union High
- Cypress HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Anaheim HighHigh · 2,667 students
- Katella HighHigh · 2,326 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,983 students
- Magnolia HighHigh · 1,608 students
- Loara HighHigh · 1,539 students
Other schools in Cypress
- Cypress HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Oxford AcademyHigh · 1,315 students
- Margaret Landell ElementaryElementary · 662 students
- Frank Vessels ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Juliet Morris ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- A. E. Arnold ElementaryElementary · 560 students
Other Lexington Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lexington Junior High. Lexington Junior High is the largest of the 3.
- Lexington Junior High SchoolLexington, OH · 372 students
- Lexington Jr High SchoolLexington, IL · 110 students
Nearby schools
- A. E. Arnold Elementary0.2 mi · 560
- Margaret Landell Elementary0.3 mi · 662
- Hawaiian Elementary0.5 mi · 298
- Oxford Academy0.9 mi · 1,315
- Melbourne (Ella P.) Elementary0.9 mi · 338
- Clara J. King Elementary1.0 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Lexington Junior HighHow many students attend Lexington Junior High?
Lexington Junior High enrolls approximately 1,188 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Lexington Junior High serve?
Lexington Junior High serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Lexington Junior High have?
Lexington Junior High employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.9:1.
How diverse is Lexington Junior High?
Lexington Junior High reports a student body of 21% White, 32% Hispanic, 3% Black, 37% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lexington Junior High public or private?
Lexington Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anaheim Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.