Fayette County
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Pre-K 1,047
- Kindergarten 2,945
- Grade 1 3,152
- Grade 2 3,185
- Grade 3 3,369
- Grade 4 3,061
- Grade 5 3,219
- Grade 6 3,096
- Grade 7 2,812
- Grade 8 3,167
- Grade 9 3,584
- Grade 10 3,410
- Grade 11 3,169
- Grade 12 2,890
- Ungraded 32
By race/ethnicity
- White 42%
- Black or African American 24%
- Hispanic/Latino 22%
- Two or more races 7%
- Asian 5%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.
Free and reduced-price lunch
- Free lunch 48%
- Reduced-price lunch 2%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.
Spending and revenue
Spending per student
- Instruction $10,641
- Support services $7,247
- Other (food service, etc.) $855
Where the money comes from
- Local 54%
- State 33%
- Federal 13%
Total revenue $836.7 milliontotal spending $887.6 million
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.
District details
Grades served
PK to 12
Locale (NCES)
City: LargeStudents: 95% city, 5% rural
Total staff (FTE)
6,667
District office
450 Park Place, Lexington KY 40511
Phone
County
Fayette County
Official website
NCES District ID
2101860
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About Fayette County
Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.