1
Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 210186000393
Winburn Middle School
1060 Winburn Dr, Lexington, KY 40511 · (859) 381-3967 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Kentucky public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
502 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 240 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 36% |
Student demographics
70%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
30.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
27.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Winburn Middle School
Winburn Middle School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winburn Middle School this school | 768 | 65.4% | 28.3% |
| Knight Middle Louisville | 757 | 71.9% | 19.1% |
| Crawford Middle School Lexington | 710 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Louisville | 943 | 75.1% | 13.9% |
| Rector A. Jones Middle School Florence | 683 | 64.3% | 28.3% |
| Stuart Middle School Louisville | 1,166 | 72.6% | 14.6% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 Winburn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #188 of 216 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #185 of 216 | #12 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #196 of 217 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #40 of 221 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #18 of 210 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #18 of 210 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #66 of 219 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #19 of 49 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
768
-34 (-4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 768 | 59 | 13.0:1 | 65% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 64 | 12.6:1 | 66% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 66.8 | 12.0:1 | 66% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 66 | 12.2:1 | 77% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 53.1 | 12.5:1 | 72% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 66% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 53 | 12.0:1 | 63% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 56 | 10.7:1 | 63% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 49 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winburn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (666 to 768); teachers up 11% (53.1 to 59).
About Winburn Middle School
Lexington, Kentucky, is home to Winburn Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 768 students. Middle schools in Kentucky average about 558 students, which makes this school 38% larger than average.
The district, Fayette County, operates 73 schools serving 42,138 students.
The largest group at Winburn Middle School is Hispanic students, at 39%. It is also 33% Black, 19% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fayette County is roughly 10% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Winburn Middle School scores 70%.
A staff of 59 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.0:1. The average for middle schools in Kentucky, 15.8:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 65%. Among public schools in Fayette County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Winburn Middle School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Kentucky public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Winburn Middle School is 12.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.3% actual, 40.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
The school is in Fayette County, where the median household earns about $69,479 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Fayette County, 81 public schools serve about 42,142 students.
Mary Todd Elementary School is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Winburn Middle School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 768, down from 802 in 2020-21.
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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
- Mary Todd Elementary School1.4 mi · 405
- Booker T Washington Elementary School1.8 mi · 377
- Northern Elementary School1.8 mi · 424
- Bryan Station High School1.8 mi · 2,030
- Success Academy1.8 mi · 401
- STEAM Academy1.8 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Winburn Middle SchoolHow large is Winburn Middle School?
Winburn Middle School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
Is Winburn Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Winburn Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Winburn Middle School have?
Winburn Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Winburn Middle School?
Winburn Middle School reports a student body of 19% White, 39% Hispanic, 33% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Winburn Middle School in?
Winburn Middle School is part of Fayette County.
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