Schools in Zip Code 61753

Schools in zip code 61753 are three schools in Lexington CUSD 7, serving prekindergarten through grade 12 and enrolling 511 students. In 2025–26, Lexington Elementary School and Lexington Junior High School scored above state rates on their reported all-grades IAR results; Lexington High School scored above state in every reported, comparable test result and had a higher graduation rate. Chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at all three schools, ranging from 4% at junior high to 12% at high school, versus 24% statewide. The most important area-wide finding is that every school’s reported 2025–26 academic and graduation comparisons are above state figures.

Lexington Junior High School leads the all-grades IAR summaries: 84% proficient in ELA and 54% in math, compared with 78% and 49% at Lexington Elementary School—differences of 6 and 5 percentage points. The schools serve different grades, so these are not same-grade comparisons. Elementary has a standout fifth grade, with 88% proficient in both ELA and science, respectively 33 and 40 points above state rates. At Lexington High School, the 100% graduation rate is 10 points above the state rate. Its smallest reported advantage is 11th-grade ACT math: 42% versus 40% statewide, a 2-point gap.

Recent trends vary by school and subject: elementary all-grades ELA rose 12 points and math 2 points from 2024–25, while junior-high math rose 10 points but eighth-grade science fell 4 points. High-school ninth-grade results improved substantially, including a 25-point rise in math, while 11th-grade ACT math declined 14 points. SchoolDigger gives all three schools four stars; its 2025–26 percentile rankings are 74th for elementary, 86th for junior high, and 82nd for high school. Student-teacher ratios range from 12.0 at high school to 16.2 at junior high. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–25 were 25% at elementary, 18% at high school, and 16% at junior high; these are context, not explanations for results. Because the schools serve different grades and high school uses different tests, their results are not fully like-for-like.