Summary:
Lexington, Indiana is home to exactly one school: Lexington Elementary School, a PK–5 building serving 205 students at 7980 E Walnut St. It is part of Scott County School District 2, which ranks 123rd of 374 districts statewide (67th percentile, 3 stars). Because there are no middle or high schools in the city, families here have one local option for the elementary years, and students move into other district buildings after 5th grade.
The headline for parents is that this school outperforms both its district and the state. Lexington Elementary holds a 4-star rating and ranks 158th of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools — the 84th percentile — while its own district sits at the 67th percentile. That 4-star rating has held for three straight years, never dropping out of the top 18% of elementary schools statewide. In 2025-2026, 62.24% of students were proficient in English language arts and 61.22% in math, beating district rates by roughly 24 and 19 points respectively. Fifth-grade social studies is the standout at 82.05% proficient, about 35 points above the state. Third and fifth grades are exceptionally strong in both reading and math; fourth grade is the relative soft spot, sitting only marginally above state averages in ELA (43.33% vs. 42.2%) and math (53.33% vs. 52.0%).
Context matters here: 56.59% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet proficiency runs well above state norms in most grades. Chronic absenteeism is 16.1%, about 10 points better than the district's 26.0% and slightly better than the state's 16.7%. Per-student spending is $13,732 with a 12.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio. One caution for parents: with only 29 to 39 students per grade, a single child can shift a percentage by 2.5 to 3.5 points, so year-to-year swings — like the 7.9-point science dip — may reflect cohort changes rather than real trends.
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