New Lexington Elementary School

Summary:

New Lexington Elementary School is a public elementary school in New Lexington, Ohio, serving 430 students in grades PK-5 as part of the New Lexington School District. While the school has a predominantly white student population, it faces challenges with below-average academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a declining statewide ranking.

Academically, New Lexington Elementary School's proficiency rates in Math and English Language Arts are lower than the district and state averages across multiple grade levels. The school has also experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 20.7% to 28.3% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. However, the school has shown stronger performance in serving special education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds compared to the overall student population.

Interestingly, the school's statewide ranking has steadily declined in recent years, from 914 out of 1,610 Ohio elementary schools in 2020-2021 to 1,120 out of 1,577 in 2023-2024. This suggests that the school is not keeping pace with improvements in other Ohio elementary schools. In comparison, the nearby Foxfire Intermediate School has a more diverse student population and lower spending per student, but the available data does not provide enough information to make a comprehensive comparison of the two schools' academic performance and other key metrics.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 2550 Panther Dr NE
       New Lexington, OH  43764-2303


(740) 342-2556

District: New Lexington School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1120th of 1,577 Ohio Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,514 Help


Students who attend New Lexington Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    New Lexington Middle School
High:    New Lexington High School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.1 Help
Number of students:  453

Racial breakdown:

White:
95.6%
Two or more races:
3.1%
Hispanic:
1.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details New Lexington Elementary School ranks worse than 71% of elementary schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.34. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (95.6%), two or more races (3.1%), Hispanic (1.1%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at New Lexington Elementary School is 18.1. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at New Lexington Elementary School is $12,514.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

New Lexington Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks New Lexington Elementary School 1120th of 1577 Ohio public elementary schools. (See New Lexington Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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New Lexington School District:

SchoolDigger ranks New Lexington School District 453rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for New Lexington Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 19.31 1279th 1471 13.1%
2005 27.07 1231st 1501 18.0%
2006 41.58 1066th 1504 29.1%
2007 43.38 1110th 1609 31.0%
2008 50.10 1020th 1582 35.5%
2009 41.60 1173rd 1610 27.1%
2010 46.69 1133rd 1662 31.8%
2011 45.63 1173rd 1686 30.4%
2012 25.03 1411th 1709 17.4%
2013 28.80 1339th 1701 21.3%
2014 27.08 1334th 1687 20.9%
2015 33.94 1218th 1684 27.7%
2016 39.66 1126th 1678 32.9%
2017 42.42 1109th 1651 32.8%
2018 24.62 1270th 1636 22.4%
2019 44.95 1079th 1676 35.6%
2021 51.07 914th 1610 43.2%
2022 46.92 966th 1588 39.2%
2023 39.40 1055th 1596 33.9%
2024 31.34 1120th 1577 29.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 61.01 227th 856 73.5%
2024 37.59 522nd 900 42.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.93 1092nd 1465 25.5%
2019 59.29 650th 1465 55.6%
2021 67.18 427th 1404 69.6%
2022 60.92 564th 1419 60.3%
2023 52.56 749th 1447 48.2%
2024 38.50 999th 1484 32.7%
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Rank History for Female students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.09 1180th 1518 22.3%
2019 38.47 1041st 1502 30.7%
2021 36.81 961st 1467 34.5%
2022 39.66 986th 1488 33.7%
2023 31.22 1052nd 1483 29.1%
2024 23.65 1134th 1466 22.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.83 879th 1021 13.9%
2019 58.67 319th 956 66.6%
2021 70.22 138th 765 82.0%
2022 64.48 205th 824 75.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.72 748th 759 1.4%
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Rank History for Male students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.00 1259th 1536 18.0%
2019 50.34 918th 1535 40.2%
2021 55.30 749th 1499 50.0%
2022 47.28 909th 1518 40.1%
2023 39.94 1003rd 1498 33.0%
2024 35.02 1034th 1485 30.4%
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Rank History for White students at New Lexington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.85 1226th 1309 6.3%
2019 26.34 1065th 1271 16.2%
2021 29.40 969th 1249 22.4%
2022 25.83 1014th 1242 18.4%
2023 18.35 1058th 1215 12.9%
2024 13.69 1076th 1190 9.6%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Open Quote This is the worst school my son has attended. He has autism and this school and teachers are not equipped to handle children like him. They constantly call us about our son. One day they called us saying our son was complaining of his belly hurting and he was acting funny. Behold when my husband picked him up he was just fine. Our son who has autism said that he was hungry. Now ur telling me this school couldn’t figure that out. Also calling us about change in behaviors this past week and want to ask if anything has been going on at home. Obviously if the behaviors are at school it’s something going on there. Also principal stated that he was throwing his shoes and socks because he was hungry and it was after lunch. Now the school knows he has eating issues and doesn’t like to eat. They couldn’t just give him a snack and he would have been fine. My children will not attend this school next upcoming year. These people are truly incompetent here. If ur child has a disability or autism. U better save urself and send them elsewhere Close Quote



Enrollment information for New Lexington Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 851 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 853
1989 799 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 800
1990 820 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 822
1991 793 4 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 799
1992 877 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 877
1993 737 1 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 739
1994 678 6 0 1 5 n/a n/a 0 690
1995 641 2 0 0 4 n/a n/a 0 647
1996 641 2 0 0 4 n/a n/a 0 647
1997 655 1 0 0 4 n/a n/a 0 660
1998 635 1 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 639
1999 617 0 1 0 2 n/a n/a 0 620
2000 645 0 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 648
2001 590 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 593
2002 533 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 1 537
2003 533 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 1 537
2004 511 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a 2 518
2005 478 5 5 0 0 n/a n/a 3 491
2006 497 2 3 0 1 n/a n/a 4 507
2007 429 2 2 0 1 n/a n/a 3 437
2008 431 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a 10 444
2009 529 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a 6 537
2010 494 0 1 0 1 n/a n/a 6 502
2011 503 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 511
2012 477 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 487
2013 477 1 4 0 1 0 6 0 489
2014 475 1 3 2 4 0 5 0 490
2015 477 0 3 4 3 0 3 0 490
2016 460 0 2 4 4 0 2 0 472
2017 462 0 1 6 3 0 7 0 479
2018 426 0 2 4 2 0 6 0 440
2019 378 1 1 4 0 0 7 0 391
2020 401 1 0 7 0 0 5 0 414
2021 409 3 0 6 0 0 7 0 425
2022 422 2 0 6 0 0 11 0 441
2023 414 1 0 4 0 0 11 0 430
2024 433 1 0 5 0 0 14 0 453

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at New Lexington Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 853 37.0 23.0 0
1989 800 40.0 20.0 n/a
1990 822 40.0 20.5 n/a
1991 799 41.0 19.4 n/a
1992 877 40.0 21.9 42.3
1993 739 30.4 24.3 46.5
1994 690 31.0 22.3 44.2
1995 647 34.0 19.0 47.8
1996 647 34.0 19.0 47.8
1997 660 35.0 18.9 44.4
1998 639 34.0 18.8 45.9
1999 620 34.0 18.2 63.2
2000 648 30.0 21.6 56
2001 593 27.0 22.0 61.6
2002 537 31.0 17.3 62.1
2003 537 31.0 17.3 62.1
2004 518 28.0 18.5 68
2005 491 29.8 16.5 60.7
2006 507 30.9 16.4 59.8
2007 437 30.0 14.6 65.4
2008 444 28.0 15.9 n/a
2009 537 29.5 18.2 61
2010 502 29.0 17.3 66.7
2011 511 29.0 17.6 73.2
2012 487 29.0 16.7 78.6
2013 489 24.7 19.7 72
2014 490 24.5 20.0 84.9
2015 490 n/a n/a 88.6
2016 472 24.0 19.6 100
2017 479 24.5 19.5 n/a
2018 440 24.5 17.9 n/a
2019 391 24.5 15.9 n/a
2020 414 23.5 17.6 n/a
2021 425 21.5 19.7 n/a
2022 441 24.5 18.0 n/a
2023 430 25.0 17.2 n/a
2024 453 25.0 18.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio New Lexington Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 853 37.0 23.0 0
1989 800 40.0 20.0 n/a
1990 822 40.0 20.5 n/a
1991 799 41.0 19.4 n/a
1992 877 40.0 21.9 42.3
1993 739 30.4 24.3 46.5
1994 690 31.0 22.3 44.2
1995 647 34.0 19.0 47.8
1996 647 34.0 19.0 47.8
1997 660 35.0 18.9 44.4
1998 639 34.0 18.8 45.9
1999 620 34.0 18.2 63.2
2000 648 30.0 21.6 56
2001 593 27.0 22.0 61.6
2002 537 31.0 17.3 62.1
2003 537 31.0 17.3 62.1
2004 518 28.0 18.5 68
2005 491 29.8 16.5 60.7
2006 507 30.9 16.4 59.8
2007 437 30.0 14.6 65.4
2008 444 28.0 15.9 n/a
2009 537 29.5 18.2 61
2010 502 29.0 17.3 66.7
2011 511 29.0 17.6 73.2
2012 487 29.0 16.7 78.6
2013 489 24.7 19.7 72
2014 490 24.5 20.0 84.9
2015 490 n/a n/a 88.6
2016 472 24.0 19.6 100
2017 479 24.5 19.5 n/a
2018 440 24.5 17.9 n/a
2019 391 24.5 15.9 n/a
2020 414 23.5 17.6 n/a
2021 425 21.5 19.7 n/a
2022 441 24.5 18.0 n/a
2023 430 25.0 17.2 n/a
2024 453 25.0 18.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for New Lexington Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,253
2022 $10,710
2023 $12,441
2024 $12,514

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on New Lexington Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1079th of 1676 Elementary schoolsRanks 1055th of 1596 Elementary schools
 1.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (New Lexington Elementary School)63.548.4
 15.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Lexington School District)74.166.4
 7.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Ohio)67.162.2
 4.9%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Lexington Elementary School)71.459.4
 12%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Lexington School District)80.271.8
 8.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)66.762.3
 4.4%
4th Grade Mathematics (New Lexington Elementary School)54.156.9
 2.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Lexington School District)70.569.4
 1.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)74.366.8
 7.5%
4th Grade English Language Arts (New Lexington Elementary School)57.452.8
 4.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Lexington School District)66.467.8
 1.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)63.358.9
 4.4%
5th Grade Science (New Lexington Elementary School)49.135.1
 14%
   5th Grade Science (New Lexington School District)68.352.6
 15.7%
   5th Grade Science (Ohio)6563.9
 1.1%
5th Grade Mathematics (New Lexington Elementary School)49.145.6
 3.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Lexington School District)68.553.4
 15.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)62.556.6
 5.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (New Lexington Elementary School)73.757.1
 16.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Lexington School District)74.864.3
 10.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)69.867.4
 2.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students391430
 10%
African American11
American Indian00
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic44
Pacific Islander00
White378414
 9.5%
Two or More Races711
 57.1%


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New Lexington Elementary School ranks 1120th of 1577 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at New Lexington Elementary School are 96% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% Hispanic.

Students who attend New Lexington Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : New Lexington Middle School
High : New Lexington High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 453 students attended New Lexington Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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