Summary:
ZIP 02421 covers Lexington, MA and contains 6 schools — 3 elementary (K–5), 1 middle (6–8), and 2 high (9–12) — serving 5,223 students, with five schools in the Lexington district and one in Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical. The Lexington district ranks 6th of 351 in Massachusetts at the 98th percentile with 5 stars, and all five of its schools are 5-star schools ranked in at least the 96th percentile among their school types.
The academic standout is Lexington High, ranked 1st of 353 high schools statewide with a 99.7% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, and 2025-26 10th-grade proficiency of 84.04% in ELA, 90.05% in math, 87.01% in science, and 86.43% in biology. Jonas Clarke Middle ranks 3rd of 478 middle schools and has been top-3 for three straight years. Among the elementaries, Bridge holds the best current rank (20th of 899) and leads in ELA (74.59%) and math (80.11%); Bowman ranks 26th, was 1st statewide in 2023-24, and posts the ZIP's best elementary science score (79.45%); Maria Hastings ranks 32nd, still top 4% statewide, though below district averages in ELA and math.
Minuteman Regional High offers a different profile: ranked 106th of 353 with a 95.5% graduation rate, a 4.0% dropout rate, and 10th-grade scores of 59.12% in ELA and 44.60% in math. It spends the most per student ($32,527 vs. $18,852 at Lexington High) and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.1 vs. 11.4), yet posts lower outcomes — a reminder that mission and student population differ. ELA and science declined at most schools from 2024-25 to 2025-26, mirroring statewide declines, while math improved at Lexington High, Jonas Clarke, and Bridge. Free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported, so economic context cannot be analyzed.
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