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Lexington High
A+

Lexington High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421 · (781) 861-2320 · Part of Lexington School District

Lexington’s School Grade A+ better than 97% of Massachusetts school districts

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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
2,405
Students per teacher
11:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Lexington High

  • Its own letter, A+: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 54 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 44 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher

On the path

Where Lexington kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Lexington HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency91%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts93%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, A+, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

251 Waltham Street, Lexington

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9596
Grade 10613
Grade 11604
Grade 12592
Enrollment over time
2,261’20
2,273’21
2,303’22
2,318’23
2,405’24

Up 6.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Asian 47%White 37%Two or more races 7%Hispanic 5%Black 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Lexington High from Lexington families.

Other schools in Lexington School District

The district →
Lexington Children's Place
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Lexington
70 students8:1
Maria Hastings
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lexington
A+
579 students10:1
Joseph Estabrook
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lexington
A+
490 students11:1
Bowman
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lexington
A+
429 students11:1
Harrington
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lexington
A−
374 students10:1
Bridge
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lexington
A
345 students10:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Lexington’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.