Lexington Jr High School
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Lexington, Illinois
Lexington Jr High School in Lexington, Illinois enrolled 110 students in 2024-25 with 6.8 full-time teachers, 16.3 students per teacher against the Illinois middle-school median of 12.7. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 40-44% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 20-24% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Illinois: 29.9% and 26.6%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 4%
113 students in 2022-23, 110 students in 2023-24, 110 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 6.5 to 6.8.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 113 | 6.5 | 17.4 |
| 2023-24 | 110 | 5.5 | 20.0 |
| 2024-25 | 110 | 6.8 | 16.3 |
16.3 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 90 of every 100 Illinois middle schools
Among the 684 Illinois middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.7; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 119 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lexington Jr High School enrolled 119 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 119 of the 119 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent11.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
93.5% of students were White, 3.7% of two or more races, 0.9% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White93.5%
- Two or more races3.7%
- Hispanic0.9%
- Black0.9%
- Asian0.9%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Lexington Jr High School scored proficient or above: 40-44% in reading in 2021-22 and 20-24% in math in 2022-23, against 29.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 26.6% in math in 2022-23 across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 40‑44% | 40% | 29.9% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 20‑24% | not published | 26.6% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
What to look at next about Lexington Jr High School
- EPG Middle SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 8.8 miles away: 345 students, 13.4 per teacher (2024-25).8.8 mi
- Ridgeview Jr High SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 10 miles away: 107 students, 13.4 per teacher (2024-25).10 mi
- Compare Lexington Jr High School with EPG Middle SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Lexington CUSD 7 spends per student$15,286 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,286
- The largest public schools in IllinoisLexington Jr High School is the number 631 by size of 686 Illinois middle schools open in 2024-25.#631 of 686
- Illinois schools by students per teacher16.3 students per teacher here against the Illinois median of 12.7 for middle schools.16.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Lexington Jr High School
How many students attend Lexington Jr High School?
110 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 113 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Lexington, IL.What is the student-teacher ratio at Lexington Jr High School?
16.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Illinois median for middle schools is 12.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Lexington Jr High School a Title I school?
Lexington Jr High School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Lexington Jr High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Lexington Jr High School scored proficient or above: 40-44% in reading in 2021-22 and 20-24% in math in 2022-23, against 29.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 26.6% in math in 2022-23 across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Lexington Jr High School in?
Lexington CUSD 7, NCES district ID 1722710. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 172271002518 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.