The top reported proficiency rate is 16% in English language arts. The lowest is 13% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lexington Ms
Lexington Middle School serves students in sixth through eighth grades as part of the Lexington district in Cleveland County. The school is located on the east side of town, a small community that describes itself as maintaining a small-town feel while being within commuting distance of Norman and Oklahoma City. The town’s population has been relatively flat in recent decades, and the area’s dominant employers are state correctional facilities east of town, along with the regional draw of Tinker Air Force Base and the University of Oklahoma. The school district has publicly reported recently built or remodeled facilities. No recent district-level changes of lasting impact were found in a search of publicly available information.
Enrollment at Lexington Middle School is modest for a three-grade public middle school. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population that represents a meaningful share, followed by smaller groups of American Indian or Alaska Native students and students identifying with two or more races. Black, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students each account for very small shares. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch was not available in the source data, so a family interested in the school’s economic profile would need to ask the district directly. Information on special education identification rates and English learner enrollment was also absent from the data provided.
State assessment results for the 2024-25 school year show that across tested grades and subjects, the school’s overall proficiency rate falls in the bottom quartile when compared with other districts in Cleveland County. This comparison set includes eight districts, and the school’s performance index places it below the midpoint of that group. In math, the reported proficiency rate for sixth graders was in the range of roughly one in every seven or eight students scoring at the proficient or above level, and the seventh-grade math rate was similarly low. The eighth-grade math proficiency rate was suppressed in the data, which often occurs when the number of students is too small to report publicly. In English language arts, the sixth- and seventh-grade proficiency rates were also in the low teens, while the eighth-grade rate was higher, at close to one in five students meeting the proficient or above bar. Eighth-grade science results were suppressed as well. Oklahoma changed its cut scores for the math and English language arts assessments beginning with this testing year, which means these results cannot be directly compared with prior years. Still, the available numbers indicate that the vast majority of students at this school scored below the proficient level on the state tests in math and reading.
Families evaluating this school should be aware that the state test results represent one measure of academic performance and that the school serves a middle-grade population where developmental and transitional challenges can affect outcomes. The absence of a school comparison within a wider set—these results are placed against other districts in Cleveland County, not against individual schools—also matters. The school does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate applies here. No data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was available in the source material, so those areas remain uncharacterized.
For housing context, the local market shows home values below the state benchmark and well below the national benchmark, consistent with a small-town setting that has not seen the rapid price growth of larger metropolitan areas. The broader economic context includes a national unemployment rate that has been stable and mortgage rates that have edged slightly higher.
Lexington Middle School is a small-town Oklahoma public middle school where state assessment outcomes are low relative to other districts in the county. The school’s basic profile—modest enrollment, a predominantly white student body with notable Hispanic and Native American representation, and recently updated facilities—is straightforward. Parents who want a fuller picture of student supports, advanced coursework offerings, or specific classroom programs will find that data was not available in the source material and would need to be gathered directly from the school or district.
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