Lansdowne Elementary School

Located at 336 Redding Rd, in Lexington, Kentucky, Lansdowne Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school that serves 610 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Fayette County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Lansdowne Elementary School sits 45% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 73 schools in Fayette County (42,138 students total), Lansdowne Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lansdowne Elementary School lists that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fayette County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lansdowne Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 29.0%, a residual of -9.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household income runs about $69,479, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which Lansdowne Elementary School is one.

Southern Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 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), Lansdowne Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lansdowne Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 610). The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 34% over that span.

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