Yates Elementary School

Set in Lexington, Kentucky, Yates Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school, run under Fayette County. It caters to 438 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Yates Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 26% White, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Yates Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at Yates Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fayette County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Yates Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.1%; this one comes in at 21.1%, -17.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Fayette County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,479, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Fayette County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students), of which Yates Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Dixie Elementary Magnet School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Yates Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Yates Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 438). Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 34% across the same window.

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