LEXINGTON MIDDLE

LEXINGTON MIDDLE is one of the intimate 6-8 campuss in LEXINGTON, Missouri, one of the schools within LEXINGTON R-V, with 244 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 461.

Within LEXINGTON R-V, which oversees 3 schools and 893 students, LEXINGTON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, LEXINGTON MIDDLE logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In terms of school funding signals, LEXINGTON MIDDLE records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Lafayette County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LEXINGTON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 34.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lafayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,612 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Lafayette County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students), LEXINGTON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LEXINGTON HIGH, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEXINGTON MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. LEXINGTON MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 244). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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