Middle Schools in Lexington City Schools

Lexington Middle School is the only middle school in Lexington City Schools in Lexington, North Carolina, serving grades 6 through 8 with 595 students. Because the district has only one middle school, the district-level and school-level test results are identical, so the most meaningful comparisons are against North Carolina state averages and prior-year performance. The school operates under challenging circumstances: 99.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 31.2% of students are chronically absent, compared with 24.2% statewide.

Despite those challenges, Lexington Middle School is showing clear upward momentum. In 2023–2024, the school ranked 539th of 793 middle schools in the state, and by 2025–2026 it had climbed to 451st of 778 schools, moving from the 32nd to the 42nd percentile while maintaining a 2-star rating. The school's strongest tested subject is 6th-grade math, where 61.7% of students are proficient, slightly above the state average of 59.2%. Eighth-grade science also stands out, jumping from 48.1% proficiency in 2024–2025 to 66.5% in 2025–2026, within just 2.1 points of the state average. Reading remains the biggest area of concern, with proficiency below the state average in every grade.

Looking at overall EOG results, Lexington Middle School improved its average proficiency from 44.3% to 53.0% in a single year, narrowing the gap with the state from roughly 9.7 percentage points to 4.7 percentage points. Gains were widespread: math rose 8.9 points, reading rose 5.5 points, and science rose 18.4 points. The 7th grade appears to be a dip point, with both math and reading proficiency at 45.5%, about 11 points below state averages. Lexington City Schools as a district is ranked 185th of 246 districts with 1 star, while Lexington Middle School alone is ranked in the 42nd percentile among schools, suggesting the middle school is performing comparatively better than the district overall.