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Alumni: what's one memory from Julius Marks Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000395
Julius Marks Elementary School
3277 Pepperhill Rd, Lexington, KY 40502 · (859) 381-3470 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
306 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
35.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Julius Marks Elementary School
Julius Marks Elementary School's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Marks Elementary School this school | 444 | 68.9% | 35.2% |
| Wilkerson Elementary School Louisville | 541 | 68.8% | 21.1% |
| Greenwood Elementary Louisville | 457 | 71.8% | 19.2% |
| Radcliff Elementary School Radcliff | 386 | 69.4% | 25.9% |
| Meadow View Elementary School Radcliff | 514 | 70.8% | 36.4% |
| Pembroke Elementary School Pembroke | 597 | 66.3% | 40.7% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Julius Marks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #494 of 669 | #23 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #469 of 668 | #22 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #479 of 674 | #22 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #343 of 744 | #25 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #109 of 674 | #22 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #27 of 674 | #7 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #305 of 721 | #15 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #15 of 437 | #1 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
444
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 444 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 69% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 34.4 | 13.9:1 | 66% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 39.6 | 12.1:1 | 64% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 73% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 45.3 | 15.7:1 | 66% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 63% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 60% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 23% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 29 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julius Marks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (709 to 444); teachers down 25% (45.3 to 34).
About Julius Marks Elementary School
Julius Marks Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Lexington, Kentucky. It reported 444 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Fayette County (73 schools, 42,138 students) runs Julius Marks Elementary School.
The student body at Julius Marks Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 38%. Enrollment also includes 30% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. The school's White share is 31 points below the 68% share among Fayette County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Teacher count: 34 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.1:1. Across elementary schools in Kentucky, the average ratio is 15.4:1. Roughly 69% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Fayette County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Julius Marks Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
Schools in Kentucky with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.5%. Julius Marks Elementary School scores 35.2%.
In Fayette County, home to about 323,725 people, median household income comes to about $69,479, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fayette County's 81 public schools enroll about 42,142 students and include Julius Marks Elementary School.
Glendover Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Julius Marks Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Julius Marks Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Julius Marks Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 444 in 2024-25.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
323,725
Census ACS
Median income
$69,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
42,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 2,370 students
- Bryan Station High SchoolHigh · 2,030 students
- Henry Clay High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High SchoolHigh · 1,828 students
- Frederick Douglass High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Tates Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
Nearby schools
- Glendover Elementary School0.9 mi · 482
- Tates Creek Middle School1.0 mi · 767
- Tates Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 626
- Tates Creek High School1.2 mi · 1,723
- Lansdowne Elementary School1.2 mi · 610
- Millcreek Elementary School1.6 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Julius Marks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Julius Marks Elementary School?
Julius Marks Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
Is Julius Marks Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Julius Marks Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Julius Marks Elementary School have?
Julius Marks Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Julius Marks Elementary School?
Student demographics at Julius Marks Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 19% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Julius Marks Elementary School in?
Julius Marks Elementary School is part of Fayette County.
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