Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D.Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx
Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D.Kentucky Commissioner of education | https://www.education.ky.gov/CommOfEd/Pages/KDE-Leadership-Team.aspx
Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.9% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Fayette County School District students was white, accounting for 42.3% of the student population.
Fayette County School District roughly covers 69 schools within Fayette County and has a main office in Lexington.
Among those schools, Lafayette High School recorded the highest enrollment of 2,548 students in the 2023-24 school year.
Despite ongoing efforts to address educational disparities, Kentucky's achievement gaps persist. In the 2024 eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Black students scored 24 points lower than their white peers, while Hispanic students were 19 points behind. In mathematics, the gaps were even more pronounced: Black students lagged by 29 points and Hispanic students by 19 points compared to white students. These disparities have remained relatively unchanged since 2000, highlighting the need for continued focus on equity in education.
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 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette High School | 2,592 | 2,548 | -1.7% |
| Bryan Station High School | 2,132 | 2,266 | 6.3% |
| Henry Clay High School | 2,244 | 2,234 | -0.4% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | 2,105 | 2,090 | -0.7% |
| Tates Creek High School | 1,934 | 1,966 | 1.7% |
| Frederick Douglass High School | 1,853 | 1,932 | 4.3% |
| Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School | 1,125 | 1,134 | 0.8% |
| Leestown Middle School | 1,067 | 1,051 | -1.5% |
| Jessie M. Clark Middle School | 1,097 | 1,042 | -5% |
| Winburn Middle School | 882 | 890 | 0.9% |
| Southern Middle School | 835 | 828 | -0.8% |
| Sandersville Elementary School | 783 | 825 | 5.4% |
| Beaumont Middle School | 895 | 818 | -8.6% |
| Crawford Middle School | 864 | 805 | -6.8% |
| Garrett Morgan Elementary School | 811 | 802 | -1.1% |
| Tates Creek Middle School | 835 | 794 | -4.9% |
| Bryan Station Middle School | 862 | 786 | -8.8% |
| Liberty Elementary School | 771 | 779 | 1% |
| Coventry Oak Elementary School | 758 | 768 | 1.3% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary School | 757 | 755 | -0.3% |
| Cardinal Valley Elementary School | 692 | 736 | 6.4% |
| Tates Creek Elementary School | 722 | 729 | 1% |
| Veterans Park Elementary School | 722 | 726 | 0.6% |
| Stonewall Elementary School | 713 | 717 | 0.6% |
| Morton Middle School | 763 | 704 | -7.7% |
| Cassidy Elementary School | 712 | 695 | -2.4% |
| Lansdowne Elementary School | 633 | 662 | 4.6% |
| Madeline M. Breckinridge Elementary School | 637 | 657 | 3.1% |
| Dixie Elementary Magnet School | 566 | 656 | 15.9% |
| Wellington Elementary School | 647 | 651 | 0.6% |
| Millcreek Elementary School | 657 | 646 | -1.7% |
| Brenda Cowan Elementary School | 572 | 643 | 12.4% |
| Deep Springs Elementary School | 592 | 610 | 3% |
| Athens-Chilesburg Elementary School | 553 | 609 | 10.1% |
| Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary School | 565 | 563 | -0.4% |
| Southern Elementary School | 598 | 556 | -7% |
| Clays Mill Elementary School | 541 | 541 | |
| Success Academy | 426 | 539 | 26.5% |
| Julius Marks Elementary School | 531 | 525 | -1.1% |
| Glendover Elementary School | 503 | 513 | 2% |
| Meadowthorpe Elementary School | 530 | 509 | -4% |
| Yates Elementary School | 445 | 506 | 13.7% |
| Picadome Elementary School | 486 | 500 | 2.9% |
| Northern Elementary School | 502 | 496 | -1.2% |
| James Lane Allen Elementary School | 479 | 481 | 0.4% |
| Mary Todd Elementary School | 439 | 479 | 9.1% |
| Squires Elementary School | 467 | 471 | 0.9% |
| Garden Springs Elementary School | 435 | 448 | 3% |
| STEAM Academy | 407 | 448 | 10.1% |
| Martin L. King Academy for Excellence Alternative | 453 | 441 | -2.6% |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary School | 364 | 417 | 14.6% |
| Arlington Elementary School | 372 | 366 | -1.6% |
| William Wells Brown Elementary School | 361 | 364 | 0.8% |
| Lexington Trad Magnet School | 341 | 355 | 4.1% |
| Russell Cave Elementary School | 272 | 333 | 22.4% |
| Ashland Elementary School | 283 | 313 | 10.6% |
| Carter G. Woodson Academy | 289 | 310 | 7.3% |
| Scapa at Bluegrass | 277 | 303 | 9.4% |
| Rise STEM Academy for Girls | 234 | 273 | 16.7% |
| Harrison Elementary School | 228 | 271 | 18.9% |
| Fayette County Learning Center | 224 | 220 | -1.8% |
| George Washington Carver STEM Academy | 106 | 142 | 34% |
| Opportunity Middle College | 84 | 117 | 39.3% |
| Fayette County Preschool Center | 81 | 85 | 4.9% |
| Fayette Pre-School | 0 | 52 | - |
| The Stables | 57 | 49 | -14% |
| Family Care Center | 57 | 37 | -35.1% |
| Audrey Grevious Center | 52 | 22 | -57.7% |
| Uk Early Childhood Lab | 5 | 5 |
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