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Does Rosa Parks Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186001422
Rosa Parks Elementary School
1251 Beaumont Centre Lane, Lexington, KY 40513 · (859) 381-3132 · Fayette County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
118 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
55%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
76.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
72.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Rosa Parks Elementary School
Rosa Parks Elementary School's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Parks Elementary School this school | 681 | 17.3% | 69.6% |
| Stopher Elementary Louisville | 781 | 14.0% | 62.1% |
| Lowe Elementary Louisville | 608 | 25.2% | 52.9% |
| Athens-Chilesburg Elementary Lexington | 620 | 21.3% | 71.8% |
| Norton Commons Elementary Prospect | 598 | 27.3% | 55.2% |
| Norton Elementary Louisville | 716 | 23.3% | 72.7% |
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 Rosa Parks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #26 of 669 | #4 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #26 of 668 | #5 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #17 of 674 | #2 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #50 of 744 | #6 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #413 of 674 | #36 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #187 of 674 | #31 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.3% | #711 of 721 | #39 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #334 of 437 | #22 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
681
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 681 | 44.6 | 15.3:1 | 17% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 45.4 | 15.6:1 | 17% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 43.1 | 16.4:1 | 15% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 42.1 | 17.1:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 5% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 6% (33) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosa Parks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (719 to 681); teachers up 6% (42.1 to 44.6).
About Rosa Parks Elementary School
Students in Lexington, Kentucky, attend Rosa Parks Elementary School, a large elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 681 students. Enrollment is 62% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky, which is about 421.
Fayette County (73 schools, 42,138 students) runs Rosa Parks Elementary School.
Rosa Parks Elementary School's enrollment is 62% White. Next come 23% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Rosa Parks Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The school employs the equivalent of 44.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky have a similar average ratio of 15.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Rosa Parks Elementary School is 17%. It compares with 50% for public schools in Fayette County.
Rosa Parks Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.5% for Rosa Parks Elementary School. The school posts 69.6%, 11.0 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Fayette County, median household income is about $69,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Rosa Parks Elementary School is among the 81 public schools in Fayette County.
The closest other public school is Beaumont Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Rosa Parks Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Rosa Parks Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 664 in 2020-21 and 681 in 2024-25, a gain of 17 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other Rosa Parks Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Rosa Parks Elementary. Rosa Parks Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 15.
- Rosa Parks ElementaryCorona, CA · 970 students
- Rosa Parks ElementarySacramento, CA · 722 students
- Rosa Parks ElementarySan Diego, CA · 705 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 658 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolFRESNO, TX · 648 students
Nearby schools
- Beaumont Middle School0.5 mi · 743
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School0.8 mi · 1,828
- Garden Springs Elementary School0.9 mi · 418
- James Lane Allen Elementary School1.3 mi · 429
- Clays Mill Elementary School1.6 mi · 527
- Stonewall Elementary School1.7 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rosa Parks Elementary School?
Rosa Parks Elementary School enrolls approximately 681 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rosa Parks Elementary School serve?
Rosa Parks Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Rosa Parks Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rosa Parks Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 23% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rosa Parks Elementary School public or private?
Rosa Parks Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.