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Enrollment
631
High
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON LOCAL·NCES 390494303589
Lexington High School
103 Clever Ln, Lexington, OH 44904 · (419) 884-1111 · Richland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Ohio public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
279 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 189 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 145 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 135 | 21% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Lexington Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.0pp since 2021
Math
61.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 61.7% |
| 2023-24 | 86.8% | 63.1% |
| 2022-23 | 74.5% | 67.1% |
| 2021-22 | 72.1% | 54.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 High School
Lexington High School's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington High School this school | 631 | 44.2% | 76.7% |
| West Branch High School Beloit | 634 | 45.3% | 72.2% |
| New Richmond High School New Richmond | 569 | 44.5% | 64.8% |
| Tri-Valley High School Dresden | 730 | 40.5% | 70.6% |
| Miami Trace High School Washington Court House | 747 | 41.2% | 70.2% |
| Graham High School Saint Paris | 491 | 41.8% | 60.2% |
Matched among Ohio high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #131 of 403 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #216 of 776 ▼ 44 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #197 of 774 ▼ 140 | #1 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #272 of 742 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #293 of 888 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #541 of 739 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #415 of 749 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #204 of 435 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #234 of 484 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
631
-136 (-18%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 846
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 631 | 33.6 | 18.8:1 | 44% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 38.6 | 17.6:1 | 44% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 36.3 | 20.5:1 | 26% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 35 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 38.8 | 18.6:1 | 18% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 36 | 20.5:1 | 20% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 19% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 922 | 50 | 18.4:1 | 4% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 846 | 44 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lexington High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (721 to 631); teachers down 13% (38.8 to 33.6).
About Lexington High School
Lexington High School is a mid-sized high school in Lexington, Ohio. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 631 students enrolled.
Lexington Local runs Lexington High School along with 5 other schools, enrolling 2,210 students in total.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Lexington High School. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
Lexington High School reported 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.8:1. High schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.7:1. Roughly 44% of students at Lexington High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Richland County average 54%.
Among Ohio public high schools, Lexington High School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lexington High School is +4.6 points: 76.7% actual, 72.1% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Richland County show that the median household earns about $59,509 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Richland County, 49 public schools serve about 18,772 students.
Lexington Junior High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Lexington High School, there are 4 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 80.8%; Lexington High School's is 76.7%, ranking 4th of 4.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 631 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 767. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.9:1 in 2020-21 to 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,099
Census ACS
Median income
$59,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
18,772 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lexington Local
- Eastern Elementary SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Lexington Junior High SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Western Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Lexington Pre-SchoolElementary · 60 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Eastern Elementary SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Lexington Junior High SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Western Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other Lexington High schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Lexington High. Lexington High School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Lexington HighLexington, SC · 2,536 students
- Lexington HighLexington, MA · 2,405 students
- LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOLLEXINGTON, NE · 915 students
- Lexington High SchoolLexington, TN · 890 students
- Lexington High SchoolLexington, AL · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Lexington Junior High School0.0 mi · 372
- Central Elementary School0.3 mi · 335
- Eastern Elementary School0.6 mi · 504
- Western Elementary School0.9 mi · 308
- Malabar Intermediate School5.3 mi · 660
- Bellville Elementary School5.5 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Lexington High SchoolHow large is Lexington High School?
Lexington High School enrolls approximately 631 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lexington High School serve?
Lexington High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lexington High School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Lexington High School.
How diverse is Lexington High School?
Lexington High School reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lexington High School in?
Lexington High School is part of Lexington Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.