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What tradition at Cassidy Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
632
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000359
Cassidy Elementary School
1125 Tates Creek Road, Lexington, KY 40502 · (859) 381-3018 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
200 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
54%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
75.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
75.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 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 Cassidy Elementary School
Cassidy Elementary School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassidy Elementary School this school | 632 | 31.6% | 69.9% |
| Veterans Park Elementary School Lexington | 702 | 32.2% | 62.7% |
| Crestwood Elementary School Crestwood | 538 | 33.6% | 52.7% |
| Potter Gray Elementary Bowling Green | 499 | 33.3% | 57.5% |
| Centerfield Elementary School Crestwood | 519 | 33.5% | 48.8% |
| Clays Mill Elementary School Lexington | 527 | 27.1% | 74.9% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary 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 Cassidy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #23 of 669 | #3 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #13 of 668 | #1 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #23 of 674 | #3 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #80 of 744 | #9 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #263 of 674 | #31 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #194 of 674 | #32 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #689 of 721 | #34 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #207 of 437 | #11 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
632
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 632 | 44.1 | 14.3:1 | 32% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 45.4 | 14.2:1 | 30% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 46.9 | 13.9:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 33% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 46.9 | 15.5:1 | 34% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 28% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 26% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 27% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 28 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cassidy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (728 to 632); teachers down 6% (46.9 to 44.1).
About Cassidy Elementary School
Cassidy Elementary School is a large elementary school for students in Lexington, Kentucky. The school serves 632 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky average about 421 students.
The district, Fayette County, has 42,138 students enrolled across 73 schools.
A majority of students at Cassidy Elementary School, 66%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 68% White share among all Fayette County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Cassidy Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
Cassidy Elementary School employs 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. Cassidy Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 32%. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Fayette County is 18 points.
Cassidy Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cassidy Elementary School is +16.7 points, in the top 10% of Kentucky. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.9%, and the predicted rate is 53.2%.
Fayette County census figures show that median household income is about $69,479, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 81 public schools operate in Fayette County, serving about 42,142 students.
The next-closest public school is Morton Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cassidy Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Cassidy Elementary School is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cassidy Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 632, close to the 643 recorded in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cassidy Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 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
Other schools in Lexington
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 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
Nearby schools
- Morton Middle School0.1 mi · 604
- Opportunity Middle College0.7 mi · 102
- Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elem School0.8 mi · 567
- Homebound Secondary0.8 mi · 6
- Homebound Elementary0.8 mi · 2
- Ashland Elementary School1.0 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Cassidy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cassidy Elementary School?
Cassidy Elementary School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cassidy Elementary School serve?
Cassidy Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cassidy Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Cassidy Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cassidy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cassidy Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cassidy Elementary School?
Cassidy Elementary School is overseen by Fayette County in Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.