Middle Schools
Lexington has two public middle schools, William Diamond MS and Jonas Clarke MS, commonly referred to as "Diamond" and "Clarke," respectively. Students at Diamond are generally fed in through Fiske, Estabrook, and Hastings, and students at Clarke are generally fed in through Harrington, Bowman, and Bridge. The two middle schools serve students between 6th and 8th grade.
Both Diamond and Clarke have been among the top schools in MCAS testing.
Like many middle schools, both Diamond and Clarke operate in an academic team system, in which each grade is broken down into smaller groups of common teachers and students. Each of the grades in both schools are divided into three teams, with one exception.
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