James Lane Allen Elementary School

James Lane Allen Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Lexington, Kentucky, part of Fayette County, caters to 429 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Fayette County runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 42,138 students. James Lane Allen Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, James Lane Allen Elementary School shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 25% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, James Lane Allen Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting James Lane Allen Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fayette County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, James Lane Allen Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fayette County put the typical household earns roughly $69,479 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which James Lane Allen Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Garden Springs Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James Lane Allen Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James Lane Allen Elementary School has fell 12%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 29% to 25%.

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