Summary:
The New Lexington School District in Ohio is home to a single high school, New Lexington High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has declined in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 452 out of 867 Ohio high schools in 2022-2023 to 580 out of 855 in 2024-2025. Despite a high four-year graduation rate of 97.3%, the school faces challenges, including a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 23.8% compared to the state average.
Academically, New Lexington High School's test scores are generally lower than the state averages across various subject areas, with particularly low performance in Geometry, where only 21.6% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 42.8%. The school's per-student spending of $9,368 for the 2018-2019 school year is slightly lower than the state average, and the student-teacher ratio of 15.8 is slightly higher than the state average.
While the data does not provide information on the school's socioeconomic status, the combination of declining performance, high chronic absenteeism, and uneven academic achievement suggests that the New Lexington School District may need to implement targeted interventions, review its curriculum and instructional practices, and explore ways to support student engagement and attendance to improve the overall quality of education at New Lexington High School.
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