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What's something Tates Creek Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000381
Tates Creek Elementary School
1113 Centre Pkwy, Lexington, KY 40517 · (859) 381-3606 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
489 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
72%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
45.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
32.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Tates Creek Elementary School
Tates Creek Elementary School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tates Creek Elementary School this school | 626 | 78.1% | 36.7% |
| Millcreek Elementary School Lexington | 529 | 70.5% | 22.9% |
| Indian Hills Elementary School Hopkinsville | 674 | 71.4% | 43.5% |
| Greenwood Elementary Louisville | 457 | 71.8% | 19.2% |
| Semple Elementary Louisville | 592 | 76.7% | 18.7% |
| Watterson Elementary Louisville | 454 | 71.4% | 22.4% |
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 Tates Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #466 of 669 | #21 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #523 of 668 | #25 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #428 of 674 | #20 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #84 of 744 | #10 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #78 of 674 | #18 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #32 of 674 | #9 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #138 of 721 | #6 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #320 of 437 | #21 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
626
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 626 | 49.3 | 12.7:1 | 78% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 50.4 | 13.1:1 | 78% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 52.5 | 12.2:1 | 70% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 78% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 47.9 | 14.0:1 | 77% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 73% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 74% (482) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 61% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 38 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tates Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (669 to 626); teachers up 3% (47.9 to 49.3).
About Tates Creek Elementary School
Tates Creek Elementary School is an elementary school in Lexington, Kentucky, reachable at (859) 381-3606. The school has 626 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 421 students for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Fayette County is responsible for 73 schools, Tates Creek Elementary School included, with 42,138 students in all.
At Tates Creek Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 39%. The remaining students are 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Fayette County, the Black share is about 15%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
With 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Tates Creek Elementary School, 78% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fayette County average 50%.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Tates Creek Elementary School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Tates Creek Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.7% actual, 36.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
For the population of Fayette County, the median household earns about $69,479 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Tates Creek Elementary School shares Fayette County with 80 other public schools.
Tates Creek Elementary School's nearest public school is Tates Creek Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Tates Creek Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Tates Creek Elementary School is City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%.
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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
- Tates Creek Middle School0.1 mi · 767
- Tates Creek High School0.2 mi · 1,723
- Millcreek Elementary School0.7 mi · 529
- Julius Marks Elementary School1.1 mi · 444
- Squires Elementary School1.6 mi · 447
- Lansdowne Elementary School1.6 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Tates Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Tates Creek Elementary School?
Tates Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tates Creek Elementary School serve?
Tates Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tates Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Tates Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Tates Creek Elementary School?
Tates Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 39% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Tates Creek Elementary School public or private?
Tates Creek 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.