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Fayette County Schools
Fayette County is a public school district in Kentucky, based in Fayette County (Lexington). SchoolGrade grades 69 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Fayette County on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Fayette County
61 of 69 schools in Fayette County carry a SchoolGrade (8 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 24B: 5C: 7D: 18F: 7
Best schools in Fayette County
Statewide rankings: all 224 high schools in Kentucky · all 206 middle schools in Kentucky · all 680 elementary schools in Kentucky
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Scapa At Bluegrass (Other school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Athens Chilesburg Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A+ Clays Mill Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Cassidy Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A+ Rosa Parks Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- A+ Wellington Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Glendover Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Meadowthorpe Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Lafayette High School (High school, meets expectations)
Every school in Fayette County
High schools (6)
- D Bryan Station High School, Lexington
- C+ Frederick Douglass High School, Lexington
- A Henry Clay High School, Lexington
- A+ Lafayette High School, Lexington
- A Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington
- C- Tates Creek High School, Lexington
Middle and junior high schools (11)
- A- Beaumont Middle School, Lexington
- D+ Bryan Station Middle School, Lexington
- D Crawford Middle School, Lexington
- A+ Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School, Lexington
- A Jessie M Clark Middle School, Lexington
- B- Leestown Middle School, Lexington
- A Morton Middle School, Lexington
- Opportunity Middle College, Lexington
- B Southern Middle School, Lexington
- C+ Tates Creek Middle School, Lexington
- D- Winburn Middle School, Lexington
Elementary and primary schools (38)
- F Arlington Elementary School, Lexington
- A Ashland Elementary School, Lexington
- A+ Athens Chilesburg Elementary, Lexington
- D- Booker T Washington Elementary School, Lexington
- B- Brenda Cowan Elementary, Lexington
- F Cardinal Valley Elementary School, Lexington
- A+ Cassidy Elementary School, Lexington
- A+ Clays Mill Elementary School, Lexington
- D- Coventry Oak Elementary, Lexington
- D Deep Springs Elementary School, Lexington
- C- Dixie Elementary Magnet School, Lexington
- C+ Garden Springs Elementary School, Lexington
- A- Garrett Morgan Elementary, Lexington
- A+ Glendover Elementary School, Lexington
- D- Harrison Elementary School, Lexington
- D James Lane Allen Elementary School, Lexington
- D+ Julius Marks Elementary School, Lexington
- D Lansdowne Elementary School, Lexington
- A- Liberty Elementary, Lexington
- C- Madeline M Breckinridge Elem School, Lexington
- D Mary Todd Elementary School, Lexington
- A Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elem School, Lexington
- A+ Meadowthorpe Elementary School, Lexington
- F Millcreek Elementary School, Lexington
- F Northern Elementary School, Lexington
- C- Picadome Elementary School, Lexington
- A+ Rosa Parks Elementary School, Lexington
- F Russell Cave Elementary School, Lexington
- B+ Sandersville Elementary, Lexington
- D Southern Elementary School, Lexington
- A- Squires Elementary School, Lexington
- A Stonewall Elementary School, Lexington
- D+ Tates Creek Elementary School, Lexington
- Uk Early Childhood Lab, Lexington
- A Veterans Park Elementary School, Lexington
- A+ Wellington Elementary, Lexington
- D+ William Wells Brown Elementary, Lexington
- F Yates Elementary School, Lexington
Other schools and academies (14)
- Audrey Grevious Center, Lexington
- B+ Carter G Woodson Academy, Lexington
- D+ Carter G Woodson Preparatory Academy, Lexington
- Family Care Center, Lexington
- F Fayette County Learning Center, Lexington
- Fayette County Preschool Center, Lexington
- Fayette Pre School, Lexington
- D- Lexington Trad Magnet School, Lexington
- Martin L King Acad For Excellence Alt, Lexington
- A Rise Stem Academy For Girls, Lexington
- A+ Scapa At Bluegrass, Lexington
- A- Steam Academy, Lexington
- D+ Success Academy, Lexington
- The Stables, Lexington
Where Fayette County schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Lexington (69)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Kentucky
- County: Fayette County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 41,697 students with 3,111 full-time-equivalent teachers and 6,565 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2101860
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Jessamine County (13 schools, 13 mi)
- Woodford County (7 schools, 16 mi)
- Paris Independent (4 schools, 16 mi)
- Bourbon County (6 schools, 18 mi)
- Clark County (9 schools, 18 mi)
- Scott County (16 schools, 18 mi)
- Madison County (20 schools, 24 mi)
- Frankfort Independent (4 schools, 25 mi)
Questions about Fayette County
How many schools are in Fayette County?
SchoolGrade grades 69 public schools in Fayette County, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Fayette County serve?
The largest by graded schools: Lexington.
How good are the schools in Fayette County?
Across the 61 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C+, with 43.1% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 33.7%. 75% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Fayette County?
41,697 students were enrolled in Fayette County in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.4 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Fayette County?
Fayette County is in Kentucky, based in Fayette County, with its district office in Lexington. Its boundary covers about 284 sq mi.