Lexington Children's Place

Lexington Children's Place is an elementary school located in Lexington, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It educates 70 students in pre-K. The school's enrollment is 82% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

Lexington serves 6,748 students across 10 schools.

Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at Lexington Children's Place, at 46%. Enrollment also includes 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among people living in Middlesex County, the Asian share is about 14%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Lexington Children's Place counts 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 7.8 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Massachusetts have 12.2:1, compared with 7.8:1 here.

Census estimates describe Middlesex County this way: the median household income is $130,847, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Middlesex County has 386 public schools and roughly 215,896 students.

The closest public school, Jonas Clarke Middle, is about 0.8 miles from Lexington Children's Place. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 71 to 70, a small change. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which fell from 38% to 30%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.8:1.

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