NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Lexington, TN

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

6 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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Schools

2,731

Students

49/100

Avg Resource Index

14.7:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lexington has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lexington sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Lexington's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 25-point gap between Lexington Middle School and Paul G. Caywood Elementary 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 76%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 84th percentile
Teacher staffing: 58th percentile

Lexington High School accounts for 32.6% 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Lexington school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities

Lexington school enrollment ranges from 238 students (lowest) to 890 students (highest), a spread of 652 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Lexington student-teacher ratio is 14.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Lexington is typically wider than the Lexington-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Lexington Middle School	60	238	middle	Lexington
2.	Pin Oak Elementary	54	344	Combined	Henderson County
3.	Bargerton Elementary	50	263	Combined	Henderson County
4.	South Haven Elementary	49	341	Combined	Henderson County
5.	Lexington High School	46	890	high	Henderson County
6.	Paul G. Caywood Elementary	35	655	Combined	Lexington

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.

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Which Lexington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lexington Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lexington schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lexington, TN? ▼

Lexington has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,731 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.7:1.

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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.