LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)

LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE), a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, hosts 433 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 11,316 students. LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) logs that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black, 3% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the area at large, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is HERITAGE SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) has decreased 30%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.