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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902294
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)
131 E 104TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-5831 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
424 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 28.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ACADEMY (THE)
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)'s state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) this school | 433 | 97.9% | 27.2% |
| PS 62 INOCENSIO CASANOVA BRONX | 427 | 97.7% | 33.8% |
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 96.5% | 44.0% |
| PS 246 POE CENTER BRONX | 455 | 97.8% | 31.3% |
| PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA NEW YORK | 394 | 97.5% | 19.3% |
| PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 472 | 95.1% | 32.7% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 ACADEMY (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #2,104 of 2,335 | #146 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,125 of 2,342 ▼ 62 | #139 of 151 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,061 of 2,343 ▼ 174 | #138 of 151 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #1,172 of 2,585 | #58 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #94 of 2,338 | #11 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #1,868 of 2,388 | #115 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #46 of 2,534 | #10 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #292 of 1,757 | #48 of 114 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25Enrollment
433
-123 (-22%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 433 | 51.7 | 8.4:1 | 98% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 44 | 10.9:1 | 98% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 44.6 | 11.2:1 | 95% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 48 | 11.6:1 | 91% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 54 | 11.4:1 | 91% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 52 | 12.5:1 | 91% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 90% (511) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE).
About LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It enrolls 433 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 has a total of 30 schools and 11,316 students, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) among them.
The share of Hispanic students at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is 82%. The remaining shares are 14% Black and 3% White. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) scores 31%.
Classroom staffing at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) totals 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal data show 98% of students (424) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New York County is 70%.
Among New York public elementary schools, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is 11.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.2% actual, 39.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
For the population of New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)'s closest public school neighbor is HERITAGE SCHOOL (THE), less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 57.4% on proficiency, and LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is below that at 27.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 556 (2020-21) to 433 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.6:1 to 8.4:1.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- HERITAGE SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 223
- EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 348
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL0.1 mi · 446
- CENTRAL PARK EAST I0.2 mi · 169
- CENTRAL PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 481
- EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II0.2 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)What is the total enrollment at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)?
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) serve?
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is approximately 8.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE)?
Student demographics at LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) are roughly 3% White, 82% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) public or private?
LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.