Tates Creek Middle School

Tates Creek Middle School operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in Lexington, Kentucky, one of the schools within Fayette County. Current enrollment sits at 767 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Fayette County runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 42,138 students. Tates Creek Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Tates Creek Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Tates Creek Middle School logs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Tates Creek Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.9%; this one delivers 37.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fayette County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $69,479 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Fayette County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), Tates Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tates Creek Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tates Creek Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 839 students in 2018 compared to 767 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 50% to 41% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.