Merrimack Valley News

There were 6,845 students enrolled in Lexington Public Schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% more than the year before, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.7% identified as male, 49.2% identified as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Lexington Public Schools registered the 19th-largest enrollment in the state.

Lexington Public Schools roughly covers schools within Middlesex County, and has a main office in Lexington.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, making up 53% of the student population in the state. Hispanic students come in second, representing over 25% of Massachusetts' student body.

However, across the state, Hispanic and Native American students suffered the highest high school dropout rates.

Under representation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-2022	Total Enrollment in 2022-2023	% Change
Bowman	430	451	4.9%
Bridge	360	374	3.9%
Fiske	342	341	-0.3%
Harrington	423	396	-6.4%
Jonas Clarke Middle	829	823	-0.7%
Joseph Estabrook	524	542	3.4%
Lexington Children's Place	67	75	11.9%
Lexington High	2,273	2,303	1.3%
Maria Hastings	623	598	-4%
Wm Diamond Middle	919	942	2.5%