Enrollment
393
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE SOTO·NCES 200549000906
Lexington Trails Middle School
8800 Penner Avenue, De Soto, KS 66018 · (913) 667-6260 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Kansas 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.
- A+Beats 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 Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
124 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 6 | 118 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 135 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 36% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 58% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
66.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
65.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 57.9% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Trails Middle School
Lexington Trails Middle School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Trails Middle School this school | 393 | 31.6% | 60.0% |
| Tonganoxie Middle School Tonganoxie | 433 | 33.3% | 30.5% |
| Colby Middle School Colby | 293 | 35.2% | 27.9% |
| Goddard Middle School Goddard | 485 | 35.1% | 29.5% |
| Challenger Intermediate School Goddard | 454 | 31.7% | 41.3% |
| Discovery Intermediate School Goddard | 502 | 26.5% | 50.4% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Trails Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #9 of 192 | #7 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #13 of 192 | #11 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #10 of 192 | #9 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #114 of 225 | #30 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #56 of 161 | #13 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #105 of 161 | #23 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #159 of 195 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #21 of 54 | #2 of 8 |
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
393
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
+53% since 2000-01, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 393 | 31.5 | 12.5:1 | 32% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 28.9 | 13.3:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 30.5 | 12.3:1 | 30% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 31% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 29.5 | 12.0:1 | 34% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 32% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 40% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 22 | 11.7:1 | 25% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lexington Trails Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (354 to 393); teachers up 7% (29.5 to 31.5).
About Lexington Trails Middle School
Lexington Trails Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in De Soto, Kansas, under De Soto. The school has 393 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Lexington Trails Middle School is part of De Soto, where 13 schools serve 7,067 students.
About 75% of the student body at Lexington Trails Middle School is White. Other students are 20% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Johnson County residents are about 79% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Lexington Trails Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.5 students per teacher. The 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Roughly 32% of students at Lexington Trails Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Kansas public middle schools, Lexington Trails Middle School outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.1% at Lexington Trails Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.0%.
In Johnson County, home to about 620,631 people, median household income comes to about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson County's 168 public schools enroll about 93,598 students and include Lexington Trails Middle School.
De Soto High School sits about 0.2 miles from Lexington Trails Middle School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lexington Trails Middle School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Lexington Trails Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 5%.
The discussion board for Lexington Trails Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in De Soto
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- De Soto High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Mize Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Clear Creek ElemElementary · 461 students
Other schools in De Soto
- De Soto High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Starside ElemElementary · 428 students
- Virtual Education ProgramHigh · 26 students
Nearby schools
- De Soto High School0.2 mi · 918
- Virtual Education Program0.4 mi · 26
- Starside Elem0.4 mi · 428
- Linwood Elementary School5.3 mi · 248
- Mill Creek Middle School5.7 mi · 676
- Eudora Elementary School5.8 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Lexington Trails Middle SchoolHow large is Lexington Trails Middle School?
Lexington Trails Middle School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lexington Trails Middle School serve?
Lexington Trails Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lexington Trails Middle School have?
Lexington Trails Middle School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lexington Trails Middle School?
Student demographics at Lexington Trails Middle School are roughly 75% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lexington Trails Middle School public or private?
Lexington Trails Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by De Soto.
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