Regular local school district · Fayette County

Fayette County Public Schools, KY: schools, enrollment and spending

Fayette County Public Schools runs 80 public schools with 42,138 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Kentucky figure of 15.6.Listed in NCES data as "Fayette County".

At a glance

Schools: 80
Students: 42,138
Teachers (FTE): 3,057
Students per teacher: 13.8; KY: 15.6 · US: 15.3

Address: 450 Park Place, Lexington, KY 40511
Phone: (859)381-4100
County: Fayette County
Locale: City: Large
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 2101860
State district ID: KY-034165000
Total staff (FTE): 6,667
School counselors (FTE): 94.0About 448 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 287.0

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Students per teacher compared

This district13.8

Kentucky15.6

United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (41,203), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $651.8 million
Federal revenue: $67.6 million
State revenue: $243.6 million
Local revenue: $340.6 million
Total spending: $681.0 million
Spending per pupil: $16,527
Salaries: $329.6 million48.4% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $481.4 million

Where revenue came from

Federal: 10.4%
State: 37.4%
Local: 52.3%

Kentucky overall

Federal: 15.8%
State: 50.5%
Local: 33.7%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$16,527

Kentucky$13,951

United States$16,826

Schools in Fayette County Public Schools

By level: 21 high, 12 middle, 41 elementary, 3 ungraded, 3 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Arlington Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	322	11.1
Ashland Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	K to 5	316	12.6
Athens-Chilesburg Elementary	Elementary	K to 5	620	15.1
Audrey Grevious CenterCEP school	High	6 to 12	21	4.2
Beaumont Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	743	14.9
Blackburn Education Center	Ungraded	15	0
Booker T Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	377	14.0
Brenda Cowan ElementaryCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	586	13.6
Bryan Station High SchoolCEP school	High	9 to 12	2,030	17.4
Bryan Station Middle SchoolCEP school	Middle	6 to 8	744	13.5
Cardinal Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	643	12.1
Carter G. Woodson AcademyCEP school	High	6 to 12	316	13.2
Cassidy Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	632	14.4
Central Ky Technical College	Ungraded	15	0
Clays Mill Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	527	13.9
Coventry Oak ElementaryCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	755	13.7
Crawford Middle SchoolCEP school	Middle	6 to 8	710	12.5
Deep Springs Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	521	11.8
Dixie Elementary Magnet SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	584	14.6
Eastside Technical Center	High	9 to 12	0
Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	1,125	15.0
Family Care CenterCEP school	High	9 to 12	22	7.3
Fayette County Learning CenterCEP school	High	8 to 12	191	7.6
Fayette County Preschool CenterCEP school	Prekindergarten	PK	41	3.4
Fayette Pre-School	Prekindergarten	PK	37	37.0
Frederick Douglass High SchoolCEP school	High	9 to 12	1,770	18.1
Garden Springs Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	K to 5	418	11.9
Garrett Morgan Elementary	Elementary	K to 5	746	14.6
George Washington Carver STEM AcademyCEP school	Elementary	K to 5	158	8.3
Glendover Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	482	12.4
Harrison Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	K to 5	207	8.3
Henry Clay High SchoolCEP school	High	9 to 12	1,939	16.4
Homebound Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	2	0.1
Homebound Secondary	High	6 to 12	6	6.0
James Lane Allen Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	429	11.3
Jessie M Clark Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	1,002	16.7
Julius Marks Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	444	13.1
Kentucky TECH - Central Campus	Ungraded	15	0
Lafayette High School	High	9 to 12	2,370	18.8
Lansdowne Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	610	13.0
Leestown Middle SchoolCEP school	Middle	6 to 8	1,084	14.6
Lexington Trad Magnet SchoolCEP school	Middle	6 to 8	284	8.6
Liberty ElementaryCEP school	Elementary	K to 5	721	14.4
Locust Trace AgriScience Center	High	9 to 12	0
Madeline M Breckinridge Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	576	11.8
Martin L King Acad for Excellence AltCEP school	High	6 to 12	164	6.3
Mary Todd Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	405	11.9
Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary School	Elementary	K to 5	567	15.8
Meadowthorpe Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	517	12.9
Millcreek Elementary SchoolCEP school	Elementary	PK to 5	529	12.0

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.