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Elementary school · St. Louis City

Lexington Elem.

Lexington Elem. serves grades Pre-K–5 for 227 students in St. Louis City.

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Next day off: Mon, Nov 2 · No School · All days off

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Key dates

  1. No SchoolMonday · All dayKey date
  2. No School - Election DayTuesday · All dayKey date
  3. Veteran's Day Schools and District Offices ClosedWednesday · All dayKey date
  4. NO SCHOOL for Winter BreakMonday · Dec 21 – Dec 31Key date
  5. Schools and District Offices Closed for ChristmasThursday · Dec 24 – Dec 25Key date
  6. Schools and District Offices ClosedThursday · Dec 31 – Jan 1Key date

Coming up

  1. BOE Real Estate MeetingMonday · 3:00 PM · Central Office 801 N. 11th Street
  2. No School - Record Keeping DayFriday · All dayKey date
  3. Dr. MLK Jr. Day - Schools and District Offices ClosedMonday · All dayKey date
  4. BOE Real Estate MeetingTuesday · 3:00 PM · Central Office 801 N. 11th Street
  5. 2-Hour Early Release - Professional DevelopmentWednesday · All dayKey date
  6. Presidents' Day - No School and District Offices ClosedMonday · All dayKey date
  7. BOE Real Estate MeetingTuesday · 3:00 PM · Central Office 801 N. 11th Street
  8. No SchoolFriday · All dayKey date

Last checked Oct 31, 2026, 5:38 PM. Confirm dates with the district ↗. Recurring calendar entries may not appear here.

It is the 20th largest of the 42 St. Louis City elementary schools in St. Louis. Its 11.3 students per teacher compares with a median of 12.5 for those schools. Enrollment fell from 313 in 2019–20 to 227 in 2023–24. Its largest grade in 2023–24 was pre-K, with 39 students. 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch (227 free, 0 reduced-price). It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021–22. The closest park is W. C. Handy Park (0.4 mi).

At a glance

Lexington Elem. by the numbers

Student–teacher ratio is not classroom size.

GradesPre-K–5
Students227
Teachers20
Students per teacher11.3
Free or reduced-price lunch100%
School typeRegular School
DistrictSt. Louis City
Title ISchoolwide program (2021–22)
Enrollment

Students at Lexington Elem.

Students by grade, 2023–24
  • Pre-K39
  • K31
  • 128
  • 236
  • 338
  • 426
  • 529
Total enrollment by school year
  • 2019–20313
  • 2020–21249
  • 2021–22259
  • 2022–23274
  • 2023–24227
Nearby

Parks near Lexington Elem.

All parks
Park · 0.4 miW. C. Handy ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.7 miEugene "Tink" Bradley ParkPlaygroundPark · 0.8 miSherman ParkPlayground
Contact

Address, phone and official links

5030 LEXINGTON AVE, St Louis 63115

(314) 385-2522

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State school ID 5100115115 (search it on School Data) · NCES ID 292928001958

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Other elementary schools in the district

All schools
Pre-K–6Hickey Elem.307 studentsPre-K–6Ashland Elem. And Br.205 studentsPre-K–8Laclede Elem.256 studentsPre-K–5Washington Montessori272 studentsPre-K–6Walbridge Elem. Community Ed.120 studentsPre-K–8Cole Elem.345 students
Nearby

Schools nearby

School · 1.0 miSt Louis Catholic AcademyGrades K–8High school · 1.3 miSumner HighGrades 9–12Middle school · 1.4 miYeatman-Liddell Middle SchoolGrades 6–8High school · 1.6 miSoldan International StudiesGrades 9–12Middle school · 1.7 miKipp Triumph AcademyGrades 5–8High school · 2.0 miBeaumont Cte High SchoolGrades 9–12

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2019–20 to 2023–24, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal; parks from OpenStreetMap. Contact the school or district to confirm enrollment boundaries, schedules and programs.

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