Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000380
Russell Cave Elementary School
3375 Russell Cave Rd, Lexington, KY 40511 · (859) 381-3571 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
210 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
48%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
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
22.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
20.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Russell Cave Elementary School
Russell Cave Elementary School's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Cave Elementary School this school | 294 | 71.4% | 16.9% |
| Slaughter Elementary Louisville | 466 | 80.7% | 19.7% |
| James Lane Allen Elementary School Lexington | 429 | 66.7% | 29.7% |
| Cardinal Valley Elementary School Lexington | 643 | 65.5% | 19.5% |
| Minors Lane Elementary Louisville | 370 | 79.7% | 22.7% |
| Mary Todd Elementary School Lexington | 405 | 74.8% | 31.4% |
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 Russell Cave Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #651 of 669 | #37 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #629 of 668 | #35 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #646 of 674 | #35 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #576 of 744 | #36 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #21 of 674 | #5 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #224 of 674 | #36 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #246 of 721 | #12 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #54 of 233 | #3 of 12 |
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
294
+29 (+11%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 212
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 294 | 25.8 | 11.4:1 | 71% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 26 | 10.3:1 | 76% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 26.1 | 9.2:1 | 73% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 26 | 10.2:1 | 85% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 26.5 | 9.5:1 | 91% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 80% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 95% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 79% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 212 | 15 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Cave Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (252 to 294); teachers down 3% (26.5 to 25.8).
About Russell Cave Elementary School
Russell Cave Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Fayette County, located in Lexington, Kentucky. Enrolled students number 294 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 30% lower than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky, which is about 421.
Fayette County has 42,138 students in 73 schools, and Russell Cave Elementary School is one of those schools.
At 68%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Russell Cave Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 21% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 10% of Fayette County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Russell Cave Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Teachers at Russell Cave Elementary School total 25.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.4:1. The 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 210 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 71%. That is 21 points above the 50% average for public schools in Fayette County.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Russell Cave Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Russell Cave Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 21.7 points (16.9% versus 38.5%), a bottom-10% result in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations.
Russell Cave Elementary School is located in Fayette County, where median household income is about $69,479, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 81 public schools in Fayette County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,142.
Mary Todd Elementary School is the closest public school, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line. Russell Cave Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 29.2%, higher than Russell Cave Elementary School's 16.9%.
Russell Cave Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Russell Cave Elementary School went from 265 students to 294. The ratio was 10.2:1 in 2020-21 and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Mary Todd Elementary School2.6 mi · 405
- Winburn Middle School2.9 mi · 768
- Bryan Station High School3.7 mi · 2,030
- Bryan Station Middle School3.8 mi · 744
- Coventry Oak Elementary3.8 mi · 755
- Rise STEM Academy for Girls4.0 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Russell Cave Elementary SchoolHow large is Russell Cave Elementary School?
Russell Cave Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
Is Russell Cave Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Russell Cave Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Russell Cave Elementary School have?
Russell Cave Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Russell Cave Elementary School?
Student demographics at Russell Cave Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 68% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Russell Cave Elementary School in?
Russell Cave Elementary School is part of Fayette County.
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