Lexile Rankings for EBSCO

Some databases may include Lexile Rankings in citation information. The Lexile Rankings assigned to a result give an educator an estimate of the reading difficulty of the result, and the approximate grade level reading ability required for comprehension. The grade level does not necessarily reflect the student's actual grade. The relationship between grades and Lexile Rankings are seen here:

Grade

Text Measures
(from the Lexile Map)

Grade 1

200 to 400

Grade 2

300 to 500

Grade 3

500 to 700

Grade 4

650 to 850

Grade 5

750 to 950

Grade 6

850 to 1050

Grade 7

950 to 1075

Grade 8

1000 to 1100

Grade 9

1050 to 1150

Grade 10

1100 to 1200

Grade 11 & 12

1100 to 1300