LEXINGTON ELEM.

LEXINGTON ELEM. operates as a tight-knit elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, operated by ST. LOUIS CITY. Current enrollment sits at 234 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so LEXINGTON ELEM. sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within ST. LOUIS CITY, which oversees 62 schools and 17,933 students, LEXINGTON ELEM. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LEXINGTON ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEXINGTON ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.4%; LEXINGTON ELEM. posts 78.1%, +28.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (St. Louis city) records that the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which LEXINGTON ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is North Side Community School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LEXINGTON ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEXINGTON ELEM. has edged down 38%, going from 379 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for LEXINGTON ELEM. typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.