Fayette County
Fayette County is a public school district in Kentucky serving 41,422 students across 80 schools. It includes 41 elementary, 12 middle, 20 high schools. Its graduation rate of 87.6% is near the national average of 86.5%. Per-pupil spending of $17,525 is above average for a US public school district. 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Opportunity scores across its schools are limited, with a district median of 37/100.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Middle School | 06–08 | 843 |
| Bryan Station Middle School | 06–08 | 815 |
| Crawford Middle School | 06–08 | 751 |
| Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School | 06–08 | 1,081 |
| Jessie M Clark Middle School | 06–08 | 1,044 |
| Leestown Middle School | 06–08 | 966 |
| Lexington Trad Magnet School | 06–08 | 296 |
| Morton Middle School | 06–08 | 705 |
| Scapa At Bluegrass | 04–08 | 277 |
| Southern Middle School | 06–08 | 772 |
| Tates Creek Middle School | 06–08 | 769 |
| Winburn Middle School | 06–08 | 800 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Audrey Grevious Center | 06–12 | 20 |
| Bryan Station High School | 09–12 | 1,893 |
| Carter G. Woodson Academy | 06–12 | 287 |
| Eastside Technical Center | 09–12 | 0 |
| Family Care Center | 09–12 | 37 |
| Fayette County Learning Center | 08–12 | 187 |
| Frederick Douglass High School | 09–12 | 1,667 |
| Henry Clay High School | 09–12 | 2,031 |
| Homebound Secondary | 06–12 | 2 |
| Lafayette High School | 09–12 | 2,432 |
| Locust Trace AgriScience Center | 09–12 | 0 |
| Martin L King Acad for Excellence Alt | 06–12 | 182 |
| Opportunity Middle College | 11–12 | 65 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | 09–12 | 1,946 |
| Ridge Hospital Alt. High School | 06–12 | 10 |
| Southside Technical Center | 09–12 | 0 |
| STEAM Academy | 09–12 | 398 |
| Success Academy | 06–12 | 310 |
| Tates Creek High School | 09–12 | 1,734 |
| The Stables | 07–12 | 46 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Education Center | UG–UG | 0 |
| Central Ky Technical College | UG–UG | 0 |
| Fayette County Preschool Center | PK–PK | 35 |
| Fayette Pre-School | PK–PK | 33 |
| FCPS Virtual Academy | KG–12 | 0 |
| Kentucky TECH - Central Campus | UG–UG | 0 |
| UK Early Childhood Lab | PK–PK | 4 |
Funding is shared between state (36%) and local sources (50%), with limited federal reliance.
All figures on this page come directly from US federal open datasets — NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts, and the Opportunity Atlas — and we work hard to keep them accurate and up to date. That said, federal data is published on an annual cycle, so some figures may not yet reflect the very latest school-year changes or local updates. We recommend using this page as a helpful starting point and cross-checking with the school or district directly, or visiting the NCES Common Core of Data and ed.gov for the most authoritative figures before making any important decisions.