Metro Lex News

There were 3,364 sixth grade students enrolled in Fayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.1% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School welcomed most of the sixth grade students in the county, registering 380 students.

Within Fayette County schools, the highest student population was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in preschool.

Statewide, Fayette County ranked second in enrollment numbers. It was also ranked second the year before.

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	# of 6th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School	380	33.8%	1,125
Jessie M. Clark Middle School	369	33.6%	1,097
Leestown Middle School	366	34.3%	1,067
Beaumont Middle School	300	33.5%	895
Southern Middle School	300	35.9%	835
Winburn Middle School	298	33.8%	882
Bryan Station Middle School	295	34.2%	862
Tates Creek Middle School	289	34.6%	835
Crawford Middle School	267	30.9%	864
Morton Middle School	239	31.3%	763
Lexington Trad Magnet School	119	34.9%	341
Scapa at Bluegrass	56	20.2%	277
Carter G. Woodson Academy	47	16.3%	289
Success Academy	30	7%	426
Martin L. King Academy for Excellence Alternative	9	2%	453