Fayette Pre-School

Fayette Pre-School is a public elementary school run by Fayette County in Lexington, Kentucky. It educates 37 students in pre-K. The typical figure for elementary schools in Kentucky is about 421 students.

Fayette County has 73 schools and 42,138 students, and Fayette Pre-School is one of those schools.

Fayette Pre-School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 35%. Other students are 32% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Fayette County residents are about 15% Black.

Federal data list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fayette Pre-School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 37.0:1. That is 21.6 students per teacher above the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 59%. For comparison, public schools in Fayette County average 50%.

County data help place the school in context: in Fayette County, the median household income is $69,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Fayette County is home to 81 public schools and about 42,142 public school students.

Fayette County Preschool Center is located about 0.1 miles from Fayette Pre-School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Fayette Pre-School had 17 students in 2020-21 and 37 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 37.0:1, from 17.0:1.

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