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Lexington City Schools

Davidson County, North Carolina · Grades PK-12

Address
1010 Fair Street, Lexington, NC 27292
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NCES agency ID
3702640
State LEA ID
NC-291
7
Schools
2,803
Students
208
Teachers (FTE)
14.2:1
Student–teacher ratio
2
Low-performing schools
30.8%
EL making progress

Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.

School calendar

Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Lexington City Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.

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NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).

Schools by type

School typeSchoolsAverage students
Elementary4330
K-12126
High1857
Middle1599
All schools7--

School performance grades

GradeSchoolsShare
A00.0%
B00.0%
C233.3%
D466.7%
F00.0%
All graded schools6100.0%

School growth status

GrowthSchoolsShare
Exceeded120.0%
Met360.0%
Not Met120.0%

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
NC Math 362.8%33.6%
English II52%23.4%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)46.7%24.8%
Science (grades 5 & 8)45.9%23.3%
Reading (grades 3–8)41.7%20.6%
Biology40.1%25.4%
NC Math 128.7%6.4%

Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Outcomes

MeasureResult
4-year cohort graduation rate87.6%
ACT WorkKeys credential earned40.3%
Students completing Math III95%
Passed end-of-grade assessments33.6%
Students promoted to the next grade68.8%
Students retained in grade31.2%
English learners making progress (of 461)30.8%
Schools identified as low-performing2 of 5
First page of the Lexington City Schools report card PDF

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The Lexington City Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Student Demographics

Hispanic 40.37%Black 31.09%White 15.37%Two+ Races 10.23%Asian 2.71%Pacific Isl. 0.14%Native Am. 0.1%
Hispanic: 40.37% (1,192) Black: 31.09% (918) White: 15.37% (454) Two+ Races: 10.23% (302) Asian: 2.71% (80) Pacific Isl.: 0.14% (4) Native Am.: 0.1% (3)
Hispanic40.37%
Black31.09%
White15.37%
Two+ Races10.23%
Asian2.71%
Pacific Isl.0.14%
Native Am.0.1%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 2,953
47.95%1,416 Female
52.05%1,537 Male

Student counts for Lexington City Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 2,953 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 68.28%Chronically absent 31.72%
Regular attendance: 68.28% (2,122) Chronically absent: 31.72% (986)
Regular attendance68.28%
Chronically absent31.72%

Student Population

Students Counted: 3,108
15.54%459 English learners

Student indicators for Lexington City Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 3,108 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 72.07%Beginning 27.93%
Experienced: 72.07% (145) Beginning: 27.93% (56)
Experienced72.07%
Beginning27.93%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 200.8 FTE
90.6%Fully licensed
9.4%Emergency or provisional
1.99%4 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Lexington City Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 200.8 FTE.

Lexington City Schools boundary map

7 campuses

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District boundaryNeighbouring districtElementaryMiddleHighOther

Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.

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Put any two Lexington City Schools schools side by side — grades, growth, proficiency, attendance and staffing. You can also compare against a school in another district from the full comparison page.

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Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →