Lexington Junior High

Lexington Junior High is one of the heavily attended intermediate schools in Cypress, California, part of Anaheim Union High, with 1,188 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 80% larger than typical.

Lexington Junior High is one of 21 schools operated by Anaheim Union High, a district that educates 26,076 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lexington Junior High logs that 37% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 21% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Lexington Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Lexington Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lexington Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Lexington Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: A. E. Arnold Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lexington Junior High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lexington Junior High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

Lexington Junior High operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lexington Junior High has fell 19%, going from 1,459 students in 2018 to 1,188 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 29.8:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.