Lexington CUSD 7

Lexington CUSD 7 has three schools serving 511 students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Lexington Elementary (PK–5), Lexington Junior High (grades 6–8) and Lexington High (grades 9–12). The clearest overall pattern in the latest results is that school scores generally exceed state benchmarks, though some grades and subjects are exceptions.

Lexington Junior High has the highest reported All Grades IAR results: 84% in ELA and 54% in math, compared with 78% and 49% at Lexington Elementary—gaps of 6 and 5 points, respectively. Junior high also exceeded state results in all six reported grade-level ELA and math comparisons. Elementary has a standout fifth-grade science result of 88%, 40 points above the state, but fourth-grade math was 33%, 9 points below the state. At Lexington High, 11th-grade ACT results beat state figures in ELA and science by 17 and 13 points, while math was only 2 points higher. SchoolDigger ranks junior high highest statewide at the 86th percentile, followed by high school at the 82nd and elementary at the 74th; each school has four stars. These school summaries cover different grade bands, so grade-level and state comparisons are the fairest guide.

Results improved overall at the IAR schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26, especially junior-high math, which rose 10 points; elementary ELA rose 12 points, while its math increased 2. High-school changes varied by grade: ninth-grade PreACT Secure results rose 14 points in ELA, 25 in math and 18 in science, while 10th- and 11th-grade results generally declined. Attendance is another favorable indicator at the elementary and junior-high schools: chronic absenteeism was 5% and 4%, versus 12% at high school and 24% statewide; high school’s graduation rate was 100%, compared with 90% statewide. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 25% at elementary, 16% at junior high and 18% at high school; student–teacher ratios were 12.1, 16.2 and 12.0, respectively.