Ridge Hospital Alt. Elementary

Ridge Hospital Alt. Elementary is one of the micro-enrollment elementary schools in Lexington, Kentucky, run under Fayette County, with 1 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 100% smaller than the state mean of about 421.

Fayette County comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 42,138 students; Ridge Hospital Alt. Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ridge Hospital Alt. Elementary logs that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 0.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,479 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), Ridge Hospital Alt. Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ridge Hospital Alt. High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 80%: 5 students in 2018 compared to 1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.