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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000389
Mary Todd Elementary School
551 Parkside Dr, Lexington, KY 40505 · (859) 381-3512 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
303 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
4
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 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
64%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
35.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
34.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Mary Todd Elementary School
Mary Todd Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Todd Elementary School this school | 405 | 74.8% | 31.4% |
| Northern Elementary School Lexington | 424 | 75.0% | 24.3% |
| Okolona Elementary Louisville | 417 | 74.8% | 26.1% |
| Slaughter Elementary Louisville | 466 | 80.7% | 19.7% |
| Rangeland Elementary Louisville | 532 | 76.7% | 11.6% |
| Indian Trail Elementary Louisville | 649 | 73.3% | 14.5% |
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 Mary Todd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #538 of 669 | #25 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #484 of 668 | #24 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #551 of 674 | #26 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #422 of 744 | #31 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #36 of 674 | #10 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #122 of 674 | #23 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #198 of 721 | #8 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #169 of 437 | #9 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
405
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 405 | 34.3 | 11.8:1 | 75% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 36 | 10.6:1 | 71% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 40 | 9.6:1 | 77% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 41 | 10.4:1 | 87% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 39.8 | 12.1:1 | 88% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 85% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 85% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 74% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 28 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Todd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (482 to 405); teachers down 14% (39.8 to 34.3).
About Mary Todd Elementary School
In Lexington, Kentucky, part of Fayette County, Mary Todd Elementary School is an elementary school. The school enrolls 405 students, from pre-K through 5.
Mary Todd Elementary School falls under Fayette County, which has 73 schools enrolling 42,138 students.
Enrollment at Mary Todd Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Black, 12% White, and 6% multiracial. In Fayette County overall, about 10% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Mary Todd Elementary School comes in at 64%.
Its 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Fayette County is 25 points.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Mary Todd Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mary Todd Elementary School is 5.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.4% actual, 37.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
In Fayette County (population about 323,725), median household income is about $69,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 81 public schools operate in Fayette County, serving about 42,142 students.
Nearby, Bryan Station High School is about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mary Todd Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
Mary Todd Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 425 to 405. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.4:1 to 11.8:1.
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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
- Bryan Station High School1.1 mi · 2,030
- Bryan Station Middle School1.1 mi · 744
- Winburn Middle School1.4 mi · 768
- Northern Elementary School1.4 mi · 424
- Deep Springs Elementary School1.5 mi · 521
- Arlington Elementary School2.1 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Todd Elementary SchoolHow large is Mary Todd Elementary School?
Mary Todd Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mary Todd Elementary School serve?
Mary Todd Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mary Todd Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Mary Todd Elementary School.
How diverse is Mary Todd Elementary School?
Mary Todd Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 47% Hispanic, 34% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary Todd Elementary School?
Mary Todd Elementary School is overseen by Fayette County in Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.