Garden Springs Elementary School

Garden Springs Elementary School, a moderately sized primary school in Lexington, Kentucky, one of the schools within Fayette County, serves 418 students, covering grades K through 5.

Fayette County comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 42,138 students; Garden Springs Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Garden Springs Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Garden Springs Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Garden Springs Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fayette County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Garden Springs Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the broader community, Fayette County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,479 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which Garden Springs Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Beaumont Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Garden Springs Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Garden Springs Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 418). The White share of enrollment fell from 73% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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