Julius Marks Elementary School

Julius Marks Elementary School is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Lexington, Kentucky, run under Fayette County, teacheing 444 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Fayette County, which oversees 73 schools and 42,138 students, Julius Marks Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Julius Marks Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Julius Marks Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of -4.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Fayette County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,479, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), Julius Marks Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Glendover Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Julius Marks Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.0%.

Julius Marks Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Julius Marks Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 709 (now 444). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 11% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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