KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
KY Commissioner of Education Jason Glass 2023 | Kentucky Department of Education
Boys made up 51.5% of the county student body, while the other 48.5% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 43.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Fayette County schools, followed by 24.3% of Black students, 20.3% of Hispanic students and 6.7% of multiracial students.
Lafayette High School had the highest enrollment among Fayette County’s 68 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 2,592 students.
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.
Kentucky is in the midst of a statewide teacher shortage as turnover rates spiked to 10.9% in 2023, up from an 8.9% nine-year average. This issue is more prominent in schools with more low-income and minority students.
Data also shows that between 2019 and 2023, there was an increase of 260% in the number of available teaching posts in Kentucky schools. This often leads to larger class sizes, combining programs, and retaining staff despite potential negative impacts on teacher working conditions.
| School Name | Total Enrollment in 2022 | Total Enrollment in 2023 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette High School | 2,573 | 2,592 | 0.7% |
| Henry Clay High School | 2,255 | 2,244 | -0.5% |
| Bryan Station High School | 2,017 | 2,132 | 5.7% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | 2,193 | 2,105 | -4.2% |
| Tates Creek High School | 1,911 | 1,934 | 1.2% |
| Frederick Douglass High School | 1,760 | 1,853 | 5.3% |
| Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School | 1,150 | 1,125 | -2.2% |
| Jessie M. Clark Middle School | 1,136 | 1,097 | -3.6% |
| Leestown Middle School | 1,083 | 1,067 | -1.5% |
| Beaumont Middle School | 907 | 895 | -1.3% |
| Winburn Middle School | 910 | 882 | -3.2% |
| Crawford Middle School | 875 | 864 | -1.3% |
| Bryan Station Middle School | 862 | 862 | 0% |
| Tates Creek Middle School | 818 | 835 | 2.1% |
| Southern Middle School | 865 | 835 | -3.6% |
| Garrett Morgan Elementary School | 779 | 811 | 4.1% |
| Sandersville Elementary School | 753 | 783 | 4% |
| Liberty Elementary School | 805 | 771 | -4.4% |
| Morton Middle School | 787 | 763 | -3.1% |
| Coventry Oak Elementary School | 674 | 758 | 12.5% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary School | 733 | 757 | 3.3% |
| Veterans Park Elementary School | 754 | 722 | -4.4% |
| Tates Creek Elementary School | 712 | 722 | 1.4% |
| Stonewall Elementary School | 702 | 713 | 1.6% |
| Cassidy Elementary School | 693 | 712 | 2.7% |
| Cardinal Valley Elementary School | 677 | 692 | 2.2% |
| Millcreek Elementary School | 641 | 657 | 2.5% |
| Wellington Elementary School | 678 | 647 | -4.8% |
| Madeline M. Breckinridge Elementary School | 622 | 637 | 2.4% |
| Lansdowne Elementary School | 675 | 633 | -6.6% |
| Southern Elementary School | 546 | 598 | 9.5% |
| Deep Springs Elementary School | 578 | 592 | 2.4% |
| Brenda Cowan Elementary School | 595 | 572 | -4% |
| Dixie Elementary Magnet School | 585 | 566 | -3.4% |
| Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary School | 567 | 565 | -0.4% |
| Athens-Chilesburg Elementary School | 568 | 553 | -2.7% |
| Clays Mill Elementary School | 507 | 541 | 6.7% |
| Julius Marks Elementary School | 544 | 531 | -2.4% |
| Meadowthorpe Elementary School | 508 | 530 | 4.3% |
| Glendover Elementary School | 588 | 503 | -16.9% |
| Northern Elementary School | 491 | 502 | 2.2% |
| Picadome Elementary School | 474 | 486 | 2.5% |
| James Lane Allen Elementary School | 501 | 479 | -4.6% |
| Squires Elementary School | 471 | 467 | -0.9% |
| Martin L. King Academy for Excellence Alternative | 350 | 453 | 29.4% |
| Yates Elementary School | 467 | 445 | -4.9% |
| Mary Todd Elementary School | 467 | 439 | -6.4% |
| Garden Springs Elementary School | 436 | 435 | -0.2% |
| Success Academy | 138 | 426 | 208.7% |
| STEAM Academy | 397 | 407 | 2.5% |
| Arlington Elementary School | 352 | 372 | 5.7% |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary School | 351 | 364 | 3.7% |
| William Wells Brown Elementary School | 334 | 361 | 8.1% |
| Lexington Trad Magnet School | 356 | 341 | -4.4% |
| Carter G. Woodson Academy | 268 | 289 | 7.8% |
| Ashland Elementary School | 266 | 283 | 6.4% |
| Scapa at Bluegrass | 282 | 277 | -1.8% |
| Russell Cave Elementary School | 279 | 272 | -2.6% |
| Rise STEM Academy for Girls | 195 | 234 | 20% |
| Harrison Elementary School | 232 | 228 | -1.8% |
| Fayette County Learning Center | 216 | 224 | 3.7% |
| George Washington Carver STEM Academy | 116 | 106 | -9.4% |
| Opportunity Middle College | 83 | 84 | 1.2% |
| Fayette County Preschool Center | 74 | 81 | 9.5% |
| The Stables | 61 | 57 | -7% |
| Family Care Center | 56 | 57 | 1.8% |
| Audrey Grevious Center | 56 | 52 | -7.7% |
| Uk Early Childhood Lab | 5 | 5 | 0% |
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