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How has Lafayette High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,370
High
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000367
Lafayette High School
401 Reed Ln, Lexington, KY 40503 · (859) 381-3474 · Fayette County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,370 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Kentucky public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
126 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
785 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 625 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 608 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 610 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 524 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
57%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
64.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
57.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Lafayette High School
Lafayette High School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette High School this school | 2,370 | 33.1% | 54.5% |
| Larry A. Ryle High School Union | 2,077 | 34.3% | 43.8% |
| Ballard High Louisville | 2,148 | 36.1% | 43.8% |
| Eastern High Middletown | 1,790 | 35.5% | 35.3% |
| Henry Clay High School Lexington | 1,939 | 41.7% | 49.8% |
| Atherton High Louisville | 1,466 | 41.1% | 57.8% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Lafayette High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #12 of 211 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #23 of 211 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #16 of 211 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,370 | #1 of 304 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #174 of 217 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #43 of 217 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #220 of 230 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #57 of 72 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,370
+7 (+0%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,781
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 2,370 | 126.2 | 18.8:1 | 33% (785) |
| 2023-24 | 2,373 | 130.1 | 18.2:1 | 36% (845) |
| 2022-23 | 2,432 | 129.6 | 18.8:1 | 37% (911) |
| 2020-21 | 2,363 | 122 | 19.4:1 | 41% (960) |
| 2017-18 | 2,293 | 124.2 | 18.5:1 | 36% (824) |
| 2015-16 | 2,092 | 114 | 18.4:1 | 36% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 1,928 | 114 | 16.9:1 | 32% (614) |
| 2000-01 | 1,818 | 107 | 17.0:1 | 22% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 1,781 | 107 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (2,293 to 2,370); teachers up 2% (124.2 to 126.2).
About Lafayette High School
Among the schools in Lexington, Kentucky, is Lafayette High School, a large high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 2,370 students. The average among high schools in Kentucky is roughly 558 students; this school is 325% above that.
Fayette County has a total of 73 schools and 42,138 students, Lafayette High School among them.
At Lafayette High School, White students make up 62% of the student body. Next come 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 126.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.8:1. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky. Roughly 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fayette County is 50%.
Lafayette High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Kentucky public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Kentucky, Lafayette High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 54.5% actual against a predicted 52.7%.
Lafayette High School is located in Fayette County, where the median household income is $69,479, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Lafayette High School, Fayette County has 80 other public schools.
The closest public school, Fayette County Preschool Center, is less than a tenth of a mile from Lafayette High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.4%; Lafayette High School's is 54.5%, ranking 3rd of 5.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Lafayette High School enrolled 2,363; in 2024-25, 2,370.
Discussions about Lafayette High School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- 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
- Edythe Jones Hayes Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,125 students
Other schools in Lexington
- 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
- Edythe Jones Hayes Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,125 students
Other Lafayette High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Lafayette High. Lafayette High School is the largest of the 8.
- Lafayette High SchoolLafayette, LA · 1,720 students
- Lafayette HighWilliamsburg, VA · 1,247 students
- LaFayette High SchoolLa Fayette, GA · 1,157 students
- Lafayette High SchoolOxford, MS · 855 students
- LAFAYETTE HIGHST JOSEPH, MO · 644 students
Nearby schools
- Fayette County Preschool Center0.1 mi · 41
- Scapa At Bluegrass0.1 mi · 300
- Fayette Pre-School0.2 mi · 37
- Picadome Elementary School0.3 mi · 434
- Clays Mill Elementary School0.9 mi · 527
- Opportunity Middle College1.2 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lafayette High School?
Lafayette High School enrolls approximately 2,370 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lafayette High School serve?
Lafayette High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Lafayette High School have?
Lafayette High School employs 126 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is Lafayette High School?
Lafayette High School reports a student body of 62% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lafayette High School?
Lafayette High School is overseen by Fayette County in Fayette County.
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