Mary Todd Elementary School

Mary Todd Elementary School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Lexington, Kentucky, part of Fayette County, works with 405 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Mary Todd Elementary School is one of 73 schools operated by Fayette County, a district that hosts 42,138 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mary Todd Elementary School reports that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Black, 12% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Fayette County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mary Todd Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Fayette County shows median household earnings sit near $69,479, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which Mary Todd Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bryan Station High School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mary Todd Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

Mary Todd Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary Todd Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 12% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.