Metro Lex News

There were 3,512 eighth grade students enrolled in Fayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School welcomed most of the eighth grade students in the county, registering 392 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 8th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School	392	34.8%	1,125
Jessie M. Clark Middle School	386	35.2%	1,097
Leestown Middle School	370	34.7%	1,067
Beaumont Middle School	329	36.8%	895
Crawford Middle School	313	36.2%	864
Bryan Station Middle School	297	34.5%	862
Tates Creek Middle School	295	35.3%	835
Winburn Middle School	271	30.7%	882
Morton Middle School	262	34.3%	763
Southern Middle School	257	30.8%	835
Lexington Trad Magnet School	115	33.7%	341
Scapa at Bluegrass	57	20.6%	277
Carter G. Woodson Academy	53	18.3%	289
Success Academy	41	9.6%	426
Martin L. King Academy for Excellence Alternative	37	8.2%	453
Fayette County Learning Center	20	8.9%	224
The Stables	8	14%	57
Audrey Grevious Center	8	15.4%	52
Family Care Center	1	1.8%	57