Lexington Trad Magnet School

Located at 350 N Limestone St, in Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington Trad Magnet School is a small 6-8 campus that serves 284 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Fayette County. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 49% leaner than typical.

Lexington Trad Magnet School is one of 73 schools operated by Fayette County, a district that enrolls 42,138 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lexington Trad Magnet School records that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lexington Trad Magnet School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Lexington Trad Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lexington Trad Magnet School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household income runs about $69,479, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Lexington Trad Magnet School is one.

Nearest neighbor: George Washington Carver STEM Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lexington Trad Magnet School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

Lexington Trad Magnet School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 44%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 50% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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