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The most represented ethnicity among Fayette County students was white, accounting for 49.7% of the student population, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 46,077 students attending Fayette County schools, 49.7% were white. African American students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 23.5%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Fayette County schools, representing 44.9% of the student body.

Madeline M. Breckinridge Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 40.7% African American students, 25.8% Hispanic or Latino students, 21.6% white students, 7.3% multiracial students, and 4.5% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 3.9% compared to the previous year.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

School	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lafayette High School	White	67.4%	2,456
Henry Clay High School	White	58.6%	2,432
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	White	50.5%	2,198
Tates Creek High School	White	54.7%	2,048
Bryan Station High School	White	36.6%	1,682
Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School	White	60.9%	1,153
Frederick Douglass High School	White	41.8%	1,123
Beaumont Middle School	White	59.6%	1,113
Jessie M. Clark Middle School	White	72.7%	1,107
Leestown Middle School	White	35.7%	942
Tates Creek Middle School	White	48.8%	913
Southern Middle School	White	58.2%	865
Bryan Station Middle School	White	46.2%	819
Veterans Park Elementary School	White	76.8%	813
Athens-Chilesburg Elementary School	White	71.4%	811
Garrett Morgan Elementary School	White	60.8%	790
Wellington Elementary School	White	65.2%	788
Morton Middle School	White	65%	775
Stonewall Elementary School	White	74%	774
Crawford Middle School	African American	39.8%	771
Julius Marks Elementary School	White	44.6%	771
Cassidy Elementary School	White	70.6%	770
Rosa Parks Elementary School	White	60.1%	756
Madeline M. Breckinridge Elementary School	African American	40.7%	756
Liberty Elementary School	White	57.5%	751
Winburn Middle School	African American	36.5%	750
Tates Creek Elementary School	African American	39.4%	741
Cardinal Valley Elementary School	Hispanic or Latino	72%	708
Lansdowne Elementary School	White	48.2%	676
Millcreek Elementary School	White	41.5%	673
Coventry Oak Elementary School	Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	662
Dixie Elementary Magnet School	White	45.3%	643
Glendover Elementary School	White	52.6%	637
Southern Elementary School	White	45.9%	632
Clays Mill Elementary School	White	82.2%	617
Squires Elementary School	White	59.3%	616
Deep Springs Elementary School	White	38.9%	615
Sandersville Elementary School	White	52.1%	605
Northern Elementary School	African American	44%	587
Lexington Trad Magnet School	African American	49.1%	574
Mary Todd Elementary School	Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	570
James Lane Allen Elementary School	Hispanic or Latino	52%	565
Picadome Elementary School	White	53.4%	562
Martin L. King Academy for Excellence Alternative	African American	43.9%	556
Yates Elementary School	African American	35.4%	556
Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary School	White	51.5%	542
Meadowthorpe Elementary School	White	48.4%	539
Garden Springs Elementary School	White	70.3%	488
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	African American	41.9%	422
William Wells Brown Elementary School	African American	68.3%	407
Arlington Elementary School	Hispanic or Latino	38%	405
Ashland Elementary School	White	63.6%	365
STEAM Academy	White	57.7%	338
Harrison Elementary School	African American	51.7%	327
Russell Cave Elementary School	Hispanic or Latino	73.8%	301
Scapa at Bluegrass	White	72.9%	280
Carter G. Woodson Academy	African American	79.6%	216
Fayette County Learning Center	White	70.3%	202
Fayette County Preschool Center	White	56.3%	135
Opportunity Middle College	White	42.5%	106
Audrey Grevious Center	African American	44.9%	78
The Stables	White	82.9%	76
Family Care Center	African American	39.4%	66
Fayette Pre-School	White	37.2%	43
Uk Early Childhood Lab	White	73.7%	19