Sandersville Elementary

Sandersville Elementary is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Lexington, Kentucky, overseen by Fayette County, caters to 765 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 82% above the state mean of about 421.

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

On the student-mix side, Sandersville Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sandersville Elementary lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Fayette County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sandersville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.

Across the wider county, Fayette County reports that median household income runs about $69,479, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Fayette County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), Sandersville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Future Forward Education & Career Center, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sandersville Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sandersville Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sandersville Elementary has edged up 37%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 765 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 53% to 35% over that span.

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