Lexington Trails Middle School

Lexington Trails Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school in De Soto, Kansas, part of De Soto. The school serves 393 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 13 schools in De Soto (7,067 students total), Lexington Trails Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lexington Trails Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lexington Trails Middle School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 32% of students at Lexington Trails Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lexington Trails Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 60.0%, a residual of +12.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lexington Trails Middle School is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: De Soto High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lexington Trails Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lexington Trails Middle School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 393).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.