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Lexington High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
251 Waltham Street
Lexington, MA 02421
Phone
(781) 861-2320
District
LEXINGTON
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2261
Classroom Teachers
180

* Lexington High School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 100.0% of MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

Lexington High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
94%
58%
92%
60%
96%
57%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 550 24.3%
Grade 10 599 26.5%
Grade 11 582 25.7%
Grade 12 530 23.4%
Total 2261 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 47.2% 45.5% 59.2%
Black 4.1% 4.2% 9.8%
Hispanic 4.8% 5.1% 23.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 43.8% 45.1% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,304 6,984,723
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,007.2 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.8% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 18.6% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.3% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,956 2,629,963
Single Parent Households With Children 4.7% 9.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.6% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.9% 44.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 59.5% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.3% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.5% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.9% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,461 $90,454,399 46.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,252 $16,347,268 8.4%
Staff $1,318 $9,567,362 4.9%
General Administration $167 $1,212,253 0.6%
School Administration $1,214 $8,812,426 4.5%
Operation $92 $667,828 0.3%
Transportation $805 $5,843,495 3.0%
Other $284 $2,061,556 1.1%
Total Support $6,133 $44,519,447 23.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $8,111 $58,877,749 30.4%
Total Expenditures $26,704 $193,844,336 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,596 $10,569,374,598 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,484 $1,352,382,632 6.7%
Staff $951 $866,478,186 4.3%
General Administration $218 $198,784,787 1.0%
School Administration $880 $802,180,114 4.0%
Operation $1,620 $1,476,806,420 7.4%
Transportation $938 $854,571,701 4.3%
Other $322 $293,118,043 1.5%
Total Support $6,412 $5,844,290,100 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,034 $3,677,202,127 18.3%
Total Expenditures $22,042 $20,090,784,405 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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