Glendover Elementary School

Glendover Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Lexington, Kentucky, run under Fayette County, works with 482 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Glendover Elementary School is one of 73 schools operated by Fayette County, a district that instructs 42,138 students overall.

Demographically, Glendover Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Glendover Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household income runs about $69,479, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Fayette County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), Glendover Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Julius Marks Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glendover Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Glendover Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Glendover Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 575 (now 482). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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