Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 40508

ZIP code 40508 has one listed middle school, Lexington Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Fayette County, with 284 students. Its latest test results show proficiency below Kentucky’s in nine of 10 reported grade-and-subject results; averaged across those results, the school was at 33% proficient compared with 42% statewide, a 9-point gap.

There is no top or bottom school compared with other schools in this ZIP code, but the school’s results show a clear relative strength and weakness. Eighth-grade Editing and Mechanics is the bright spot: 47% proficient, 5 points above the state’s 42%. Seventh-grade Math is the largest shortfall, with 21% proficient versus 39% statewide, an 18-point gap; Math is also below the state in grades 6 and 8, by 17 and 10 points. Eighth-grade Reading, Writing, and Social Studies each trail the state by 8 points.

Across nine results reported in both school years, the average gap with the state narrowed by 4 points, from 14 points in 2024–2025 to 10 points in 2025–2026. The school’s matched-results average rose from 30% to 33%, while the state average went from 43% to 42%; changes differed by subject, including sixth-grade Reading rising from 24% to 42% and seventh-grade Math falling from 34% to 21%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 258th of 326 in 2025–2026 and awarded it one star, as it did in each of the prior two years. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 8.5 in 2024–2025, and 78% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 33%, above Fayette County’s 25% and Kentucky’s 24%; the dropout rate was 0.5%, compared with 1.2% in the district and 1.0% statewide. Since this is the only school listed, the data cannot show how it compares with other schools in the ZIP code.