Tates Creek High School

Tates Creek High School is one of the big 9-12 campuss in Lexington, Kentucky, one of the schools within Fayette County, with 1,723 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 209% above the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 558 students.

Within Fayette County, which oversees 73 schools and 42,138 students, Tates Creek High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tates Creek High School shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at Tates Creek High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tates Creek High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.0%; this one delivers 33.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fayette County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,479 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which Tates Creek High School is one.

Tates Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tates Creek High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tates Creek High School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

Tates Creek High School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 1,842 students in 2018 compared to 1,723 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 40% across the same window.

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