New Dimensions School vs Lex La-Ray Technical Center

Joplin, MO · Lexington, MO · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair MO:MO

MIXED-SECTOR · SAME-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • SAME-STATE Same state · MO
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Average net price fell on both sides

BOTH-NET-DOWN · 2013–2023

Fitted net-price slopes at New Dimensions School and Lex La-Ray Technical Center both decline over 2013–2023. Sticker tuition can still rise while the aided Title IV cohort average moves the other way, this board is about the aided average.

  • Lex La-Ray Technical Center: average net price fell -79.3% from $12,586 (2013) to $2,607 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • New Dimensions School: average net price fell -14.8% from $9,980 (2013) to $8,501 (2023), r² 0.50.
  • New Dimensions School: enrollment ranged 19–63 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Lex La-Ray Technical Center: enrollment shrank -37.1% over 2013–2023, r² 0.74.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: New Dimensions School vs Lex La-Ray Technical Center

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Lex La-Ray Technical Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($50,399 vs $18,201 at New Dimensions School)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Lex La-Ray Technical Center leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($52,142 vs $28,050 at New Dimensions School)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Lex La-Ray Technical Center leads on avg net price ($6,219 vs $7,309 at New Dimensions School)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between New Dimensions School and Lex La-Ray Technical Center?
Lex La-Ray Technical Center leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $50,399 versus $18,201 at New Dimensions School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between New Dimensions School and Lex La-Ray Technical Center?
Lex La-Ray Technical Center leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $52,142 versus $28,050 at New Dimensions School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between New Dimensions School and Lex La-Ray Technical Center?
Lex La-Ray Technical Center leads on avg net price at $6,219 versus $7,309 at New Dimensions School. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025