Lexington High School

As a moderately sized 9-12 campus in Lexington, Ohio, Lexington High School enrolls 631 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Lexington Local.

Lexington High School is one of 6 schools operated by Lexington Local, a district that instructs 2,210 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lexington High School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Lexington High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Richland County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lexington High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.1%, the actual is 76.7%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Richland County shows median household earnings sit near $59,509, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richland County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,772 students), Lexington High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lexington Junior High School, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lexington High School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 80.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 721 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025.

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