J.W. Sexton High School
102 Mcpherson Ave
Lansing MI, 48915, Ingham County
Phone: 517-755-1070
Ranking: 
(580 out of 665, bottom 13%)*
(580 out of 665, bottom 13%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12
School District: Lansing Public School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 41 | 48 | 35 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 46 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 881 | 903 | 793 | 746 | 799 | 898 | 980 | |||||||
| Grade 7: | 112 | 12.7% | 106 | 11.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 8: | 118 | 13.4% | 120 | 13.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Grade 9: | 220 | 25.0% | 280 | 31.0% | 310 | 39.1% | 258 | 34.6% | 268 | 33.5% | 310 | 34.5% | 334 | 34.1% |
| Grade 10: | 200 | 22.7% | 184 | 20.4% | 220 | 27.7% | 174 | 23.3% | 203 | 25.4% | 233 | 25.9% | 249 | 25.4% |
| Grade 11: | 134 | 15.2% | 129 | 14.3% | 129 | 16.3% | 175 | 23.5% | 182 | 22.8% | 193 | 21.5% | 213 | 21.7% |
| Grade 12: | 97 | 11.0% | 84 | 9.3% | 134 | 16.9% | 139 | 18.6% | 146 | 18.3% | 162 | 18.0% | 184 | 18.8% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 438 | 49.7% | 467 | 51.7% | 416 | 52.5% | 392 | 52.5% | 434 | 54.3% | 479 | 53.3% | 524 | 53.5% |
| Female: | 443 | 50.3% | 436 | 48.3% | 377 | 47.5% | 354 | 47.5% | 357 | 44.7% | 411 | 45.8% | 452 | 46.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 9 | 1.0% | 11 | 1.2% | 5 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 9 | 0.9% |
| Asian: | 67 | 7.6% | 67 | 7.4% | 55 | 6.9% | 55 | 7.4% | 67 | 8.4% | 59 | 6.6% | 55 | 5.6% |
| Hispanic: | 100 | 11.4% | 77 | 8.5% | 84 | 10.6% | 80 | 10.7% | 75 | 9.4% | 76 | 8.5% | 81 | 8.3% |
| Black: | 535 | 60.7% | 563 | 62.3% | 486 | 61.3% | 461 | 61.8% | 518 | 64.8% | 588 | 65.5% | 655 | 66.8% |
| White: | 145 | 16.5% | 160 | 17.7% | 150 | 18.9% | 145 | 19.4% | 136 | 17.0% | 171 | 19.0% | 180 | 18.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 25 | 2.8% | 25 | 2.8% | 13 | 1.6% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 541 | 61.4% | 505 | 55.9% | 429 | 54.1% | 433 | 58.0% | 482 | 60.3% | 440 | 49.0% | 452 | 46.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 3.6% | 10 | 1.1% | 19 | 2.4% | 61 | 8.2% | 56 | 7.0% | 66 | 7.3% | 80 | 8.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 21.36 | 18.97 | 22.66 | 18.37 | 18.76 | 20.50 | 21.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 35.4% | 52.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 34.4% | 28.4% | 53.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 58% | 70.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 49.8% | 68% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 36% | 39.2% | 56.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 37% | 34.4% | 59.8% |
| 2006 | Writing | 12th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 35.3% | 55.2% |
| 2007 | Writing | 12th Grade | % met std | 29.9% | 30.4% | 55.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 3.8% | 11.9% | 38.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.5% | 31.9% | 62% |
| 2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 13.2% | 23% | 51.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 4.6% | 6.7% | 32.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 39.3% | 65.7% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0.9% | 3.3% | 15.9% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 42.6% | 71.1% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 39.2% | 72.8% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 6.5% | 7.4% | 28.7% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 9th Grade | % met std | 4.9% | 6.2% | 28.6% |
| MME | ||||||
| 2007 | English Lang Arts | 11th Grade | % met std | 34.5% | 31.7% | 51% |
| 2008 | English Lang Arts | 11th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 35.1% | 52.3% |
| 2009 | English Lang Arts | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 32.5% | 52.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 21% | 20.9% | 46.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 26.8% | 28.1% | 46.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 31.3% | 30.4% | 49.3% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 24.3% | 27.6% | 50.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 25% | 22% | 52% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 2.1% | 9.1% | 29.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 10% | 7% | 29% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 42% | 42.3% | 59.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 44% | 46.2% | 61.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 43.4% | 59.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 51.9% | 65.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 52% | 43% | 63% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 19.6% | 32.6% | 55.9% |
| 2013 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 32% | 31% | 54% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 30.3% | 32% | 55.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 40.4% | 56.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 35.4% | 33.1% | 55.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 39.7% | 57.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 32% | 33% | 61% |
| 2012 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 2% | 10.1% | 25.8% |
| 2013 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 4% | 6% | 26% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 72.2% | 83.3% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 67.1% | 79.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 71.7% | 81.3% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 68.1% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 59% | 59% | 77% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 5.2% | 19.2% | 40.5% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 16% | 16% | 39% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 26% | 22.4% | 40.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 23.7% | 41.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 21.5% | 24.3% | 43.4% |
| 2010 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 23.7% | 43.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 20% | 23% | 47% |
| 2012 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 12.4% | 24.3% | 49.4% |
| 2013 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 22% | 24% | 49% |
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* J.W. Sexton High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.