Meadowthorpe Elementary School

Meadowthorpe Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Lexington, Kentucky, one of the schools within Fayette County, educateing 517 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Fayette County comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 42,138 students; Meadowthorpe Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Meadowthorpe Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Meadowthorpe Elementary School lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meadowthorpe Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.2%; actual is 65.0%, +17.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fayette County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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. Meadowthorpe Elementary School is one of 81 public schools in Fayette County (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students).

Leestown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadowthorpe Elementary School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

Meadowthorpe Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Meadowthorpe Elementary School's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 517). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 48% to 41%.

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