Best Public Schools in Zip Code 73051

ZIP code 73051 has three Lexington schools serving pre-K through grade 12: Lexington Elementary School (pre-K–5), Lexington Middle School (grades 6–8), and Lexington High School (grades 9–12). Together, they enroll 983 students. Across the three schools, science is the relative bright spot: average proficiency was 26%, compared with 30% statewide, while the average in math was 13%, compared with 25% statewide. The clearest shared concern is math, with the schools’ average 12 points below the state result.

Lexington Middle School stands out in science, where 37% were proficient—10 points above the next-highest school, Lexington Elementary School at 27%, and 7 points above the state. Its grade 8 science result was also slightly above the same-grade state result, 37% to 36%, though grade 8 math was 2% versus 17% statewide. Lexington Elementary School led in all-grades math at 20%, 7 points ahead of both the middle and high schools, but remained 5 points below the state. Lexington High School narrowly led all-grades ELA at 24%, just 1 point above elementary, and all three schools fell short of the state’s 26%. Because the schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are broad snapshots rather than like-for-like comparisons.

Recent results improved in many areas, but not everywhere: elementary rose 8 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 12 in science; the high school gained 4 in math and 10 in science but fell 4 in ELA; and the middle school gained 5 in math, held steady in science, and fell 3 in ELA. The high school also had a 90% graduation rate, 13 points above the state, despite below-state grade 11 results in each listed subject. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 72% at elementary, 71% at middle, and 58% at high school; student-teacher ratios were 14, 19.8, and 21.8, respectively. SchoolDigger rates the Lexington district one star and places it at the 22nd percentile; its school rank percentiles changed unevenly, rising 15 points for elementary and 8 for high school, while middle school fell 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026.