NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lexington, MA

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11 public K-12 schools in Lexington from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
7,417
Students
49.2/100
Avg Resource Index
10.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lexington has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lexington lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Lexington's 11 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 15-point gap between Jonas Clarke Middle and Joseph Estabrook shows the range hidden by Lexington's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 29%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Lexington High accounts for 32.4% of all Lexington public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lexington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lexington school enrollment varies 34× across entities

Lexington school enrollment ranges from 70 students (lowest) to 2,405 students (highest), a spread of 2,335 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lexington student-teacher ratio is 10.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jonas Clarke Middle 56
2. Lexington High 55
3. Minuteman Regional High 55
4. Fiske 54
5. Harrington 49
6. Bridge 49
7. Lexington Children's Place 49
8. Bowman 46
9. Wm Diamond Middle 44
10. Maria Hastings 43
11. Joseph Estabrook 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lexington

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lexington Children's Place 68.1/100
  2. 2 Bowman 67.7/100
  3. 3 Bridge 66.7/100
  4. 4 Harrington 66.6/100
  5. 5 Wm Diamond Middle 66.3/100

What do families ask about schools in Lexington?

Which Lexington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jonas Clarke Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lexington schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lexington, MA? ▼

Lexington has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,417 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.