Tates Creek Elementary School

Tates Creek Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Lexington, Kentucky, operated by Fayette County, teaches 626 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 49% above typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Tates Creek Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Tates Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fayette County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tates Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,479, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which Tates Creek Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tates Creek Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tates Creek Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tates Creek Elementary School has shrank 6%, going from 669 students in 2018 to 626 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 38% to 29%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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