Metro Lex News

There were 3,359 12th grade students enrolled in Fayette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.2% more than the previous year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Lafayette High School welcomed most of the 12th grade students in the county, registering 585 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 12th Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Lafayette High School	585	22.6%	2,592
Henry Clay High School	535	23.8%	2,244
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	474	22.5%	2,105
Frederick Douglass High School	469	25.3%	1,853
Bryan Station High School	449	21.1%	2,132
Tates Creek High School	438	22.6%	1,934
Martin L. King Academy for Excellence Alternative	115	25.4%	453
Success Academy	75	17.6%	426
STEAM Academy	68	16.7%	407
Opportunity Middle College	49	58.3%	84
Fayette County Learning Center	45	20.1%	224
Carter G. Woodson Academy	32	11.1%	289
Family Care Center	17	29.8%	57
The Stables	6	10.5%	57
Audrey Grevious Center	2	3.8%	52