 In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.The current Superintendent of the Lexington Independent School District is Dr. Tonya Knowlton, Ph.D.

A. P. Kleinschmidt, a former LISD superintendent, is the father of current State Representative Tim Kleinschmidt from District 17 (Lee, Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, and Karnes counties).The younger Kleinschmidt is an attorney in Giddings.