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LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

1100 N WASHINGTON, LEXINGTON, NE 68850 · (308) 324-2349 · Dawson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Nebraska public middle schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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 Nebraska public middle schools

Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 411
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
497 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 621432%
Grade 721732%
Grade 824136%
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
9013%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 61% · US 43%
Hispanic
51476%
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
589%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
35052%
Female
32248%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
PERSHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL04–05BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPK–05
Based on grade levels within LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + Advanced
English Language Arts
43.2%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
44.1%
NE avg 60.6%

What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.

Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NE schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 MIDDLE SCHOOL

LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school67274.0%41.4%
SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SO SIOUX CITY
78169.9%46.8%
RALSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
RALSTON
48855.7%48.5%
CRETE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CRETE
47165.2%53.6%
COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOL
COLUMBUS
1,16661.3%45.9%
JOHNSON CROSSING ACADEMIC CENTER (5-6)
FREMONT
75969.2%40.8%
Matched among Nebraska 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Nebraska
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
41.4%#84 of 86
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.1%#85 of 108
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.2%#89 of 109
Enrollment
ranked largest first
672#41 of 143
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.6:1#37 of 88
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
38.9%#56 of 88
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
74.0%#1 of 88
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-2.3%#45 of 52
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 2024-25
Enrollment
672
+90 (+15%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2567249.313.6:174% (497)
2023-2467848.414.0:177% (519)
2022-2368548.214.2:173% (501)
2020-215824712.4:175% (437)
2017-186884714.7:177% (532)
2015-166244613.6:179% (491)
2010-115804612.6:181% (472)
2000-015523615.3:161% (334)
1990-914072218.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

Since 2017-18: students down 2% (688 to 672); teachers up 5% (47 to 49.3).

About LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Students in LEXINGTON, Nebraska, attend LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 672 students. That compares with an average of about 411 students for middle schools in Nebraska.

Across its 7 schools, LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls 3,242 students. LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 76 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% White and 9% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 37%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.

Classroom staffing at LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The average for middle schools in Nebraska, 14.5:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 74%. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Dawson County, the school's rate is higher.

Among Nebraska public middle schools, LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.

Schools in Nebraska with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 50.4%. LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 41.4%, 9.0 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.

The school is in Dawson County, where the median household earns about $69,880 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Dawson County with 18 other public schools.

BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.

LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 582 to 672, a 15% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.6:1) than in 2020-21 (12.4:1).

The allk12 page for LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Dawson County at a glance

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Population
24,202
Census ACS
Median income
$69,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,509 students

Quick facts

School name
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
District
LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Address
1100 N WASHINGTON, LEXINGTON, NE 68850
Phone
(308) 324-2349
County
Dawson County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
672
Teachers (FTE)
49
Student–teacher ratio
13.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
497 (74%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
317281001132
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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Other Lexington Middle schools

6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Lexington Middle. LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 7.

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Frequently asked questions

About LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
How large is LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 76% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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