The Stables

The Stables is a high school of micro-enrollment scale in Lexington, Kentucky, operated by Fayette County, works with 33 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% below the state mean of about 558.

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

In terms of who attends, The Stables shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $85,158 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,863 students), The Stables is one campus in the mix.

Lemons Mill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Stables.

The Stables operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 46%: 61 students in 2018 compared to 33 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.