New Lexington High School

New Lexington High School is a high school of moderately sized scale in New Lexington, Ohio, part of New Lexington School District, caters to 493 students in grades 9 through 12.

New Lexington School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,758 students; New Lexington High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, New Lexington High School records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Perry County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, New Lexington High School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Perry County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,460 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Perry County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,663 students), New Lexington High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is New Lexington Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 510 students in 2018 compared to 493 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.