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Lexington Senior 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
26 Penry Street
Lexington, NC 27292
Phone
(336) 242-1574
District
Lexington City Schools
County
DAVIDSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
928
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

4

(10 is best)

Better than 30.1% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
33%
47%
43%
58%
23%
36%
33%
47%
43%
58%
23%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 327 35.2%
Grade 10 248 26.7%
Grade 11 193 20.8%
Grade 12 160 17.2%
Total 928 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 18.7% 20.6% 46.6%
Black 33.3% 34.8% 26.2%
Hispanic 41.6% 40.3% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.6% 3.7% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 98.7% 99.0% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 98.7% 99.0% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 21,458 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,149.4 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.7% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.0% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.2% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,408 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 18.0% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 77.9% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.5% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.1% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 6.6% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.1% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 28.3% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.3% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 13.2% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,009 $21,021,000 58.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $660 $1,978,000 5.5%
Staff $465 $1,396,000 3.9%
General Administration $330 $991,000 2.8%
School Administration $759 $2,275,000 6.3%
Operation $751 $2,253,000 6.3%
Transportation $262 $787,000 2.2%
Other $480 $1,439,000 4.0%
Total Support $3,708 $11,119,000 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,249 $3,745,000 10.4%
Total Expenditures $11,966 $35,885,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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