Family Care Center

Family Care Center is a tiny four-year high school in Lexington, Kentucky, one of the schools within Fayette County. The school educates 22 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 96% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Family Care Center is one of 73 schools operated by Fayette County, a district that caters to 42,138 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Family Care Center reports that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 18% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fayette County put median household earnings sit near $69,479, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Family Care Center is one of 81 public schools in Fayette County (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students).

Audrey Grevious Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Family Care Center's enrollment has declined 45% since 2018, when it stood at 40 (now 22). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 38% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

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