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Enrollment
2,030
High
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000388
Bryan Station High School
201 Eastin Rd, Lexington, KY 40505 · (859) 381-3308 · Fayette County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,030 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Kentucky public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
1,253 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 582 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 566 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 460 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 418 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
29.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bryan Station High School
Bryan Station High School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Station High School this school | 2,030 | 61.7% | 30.5% |
| Southern High Louisville | 1,725 | 64.8% | 16.5% |
| Seneca High Louisville | 1,255 | 67.8% | 20.3% |
| Fairdale High Fairdale | 1,405 | 65.6% | 23.0% |
| Marion C. Moore School Louisville | 1,892 | 67.7% | 17.8% |
| Doss High Louisville | 1,235 | 70.0% | 8.3% |
Matched among Kentucky high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bryan Station High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #164 of 211 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #173 of 211 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #157 of 211 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,030 | #5 of 304 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #131 of 217 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #10 of 217 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #88 of 230 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.3% | #4 of 72 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,030
+349 (+21%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,577
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,030 | 117.4 | 17.3:1 | 62% (1,253) |
| 2023-24 | 2,025 | 119.5 | 16.9:1 | 62% (1,260) |
| 2022-23 | 1,893 | 107.2 | 17.7:1 | 59% (1,120) |
| 2020-21 | 1,681 | 100 | 16.8:1 | 71% (1,195) |
| 2017-18 | 1,417 | 101.4 | 14.0:1 | 66% (937) |
| 2015-16 | 1,733 | 106 | 16.4:1 | 62% (1,072) |
| 2010-11 | 1,952 | 117 | 16.7:1 | 61% (1,195) |
| 2000-01 | 1,469 | 98 | 15.0:1 | 44% (648) |
| 1990-91 | 1,577 | 98 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryan Station High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (1,417 to 2,030); teachers up 16% (101.4 to 117.4).
About Bryan Station High School
Bryan Station High School is a large high school located in Lexington, Kentucky. It enrolls 2,030 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 264% larger than the 558-student average for high schools in Kentucky.
Bryan Station High School is part of Fayette County, where 73 schools serve 42,138 students.
At Bryan Station High School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 37%. Other students are 32% Black, 24% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fayette County residents are about 10% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 117.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.3:1. The average for high schools in Kentucky is about 16.6:1. Roughly 62% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 50% average for public schools in Fayette County is 12 points lower.
Among Kentucky public high schools, Bryan Station High School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bryan Station High School falls in the middle 80% of Kentucky schools: 30.5% actual against 42.1% predicted.
Looking at the county, Fayette County, median household income comes to about $69,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 81 public schools and about 42,142 students.
Bryan Station Middle School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Bryan Station High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Bryan Station High School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,681 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 2,030 by 2024-25.
The Bryan Station High School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
323,725
Census ACS
Median income
$69,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
42,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Edythe Jones Hayes Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,125 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Edythe Jones Hayes Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,125 students
Nearby schools
- Bryan Station Middle School0.2 mi · 744
- Northern Elementary School0.5 mi · 424
- Deep Springs Elementary School0.7 mi · 521
- Mary Todd Elementary School1.1 mi · 405
- Yates Elementary School1.3 mi · 438
- Arlington Elementary School1.3 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Bryan Station High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bryan Station High School?
Bryan Station High School enrolls approximately 2,030 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bryan Station High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bryan Station High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bryan Station High School have?
Bryan Station High School employs 117 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Bryan Station High School?
Student demographics at Bryan Station High School are roughly 24% White, 37% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bryan Station High School in?
Bryan Station High School is part of Fayette County.
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