Fayette County Learning Center
Public high school, grades 8 to 12 · Lexington, Kentucky
Fayette County Learning Center in Lexington, Kentucky enrolled 191 students in 2024-25 with 25.3 full-time teachers, 7.5 students per teacher against the Kentucky high-school median of 15.8. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 20-29% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Kentucky: 44.7% and 38.4%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 7%
187 students in 2022-23, 189 students in 2023-24, 191 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 23.6 to 25.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 187 | 23.6 | 7.9 |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 24.6 | 7.7 |
| 2024-25 | 191 | 25.3 | 7.5 |
7.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 87 of every 100 Kentucky high schools
Among the 334 Kentucky high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 15.8; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
2 AP courses and one counselor per 92 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Fayette County Learning Center enrolled 183 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 30 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses2
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 92 of the 183 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions30
- Chronically absent53.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
48.2% of students were White, 24.1% Black, 17.3% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White48.2%
- Black24.1%
- Hispanic17.3%
- Two or more races8.9%
- Asian1.0%
- American Indian0.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Fayette County Learning Center scored proficient or above: 20-29% in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% in math in 2022-23, against 44.7% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.4% in math in 2022-23 across Kentucky. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Kentucky, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 20‑29% | 48% | 44.7% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 11‑19% | 41% (2021-22) | 38.4% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in Lexington
18 public high schools in Lexington report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette High School | 2,370 | 18.8 | 31.4% |
| Bryan Station High School | 2,030 | 17.3 | 58.9% |
| Henry Clay High School | 1,939 | 16.4 | 40.3% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | 1,828 | 17.7 | 39.0% |
| Frederick Douglass High School | 1,770 | 18.0 | 44.3% |
| Tates Creek High School | 1,723 | 17.5 | 55.8% |
| STEAM Academy | 453 | 21.0 | 32.5% |
| Success Academy | 401 | 19.4 | 63.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Fayette County Learning Center
- STEAM AcademyThe nearest public high school, 0.9 miles away: 453 students, 21.0 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
- Success AcademyThe next nearest public high school, 0.9 miles away: 401 students, 19.4 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
- Compare Fayette County Learning Center with STEAM AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Fayette County Public Schools spends per student$18,318 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$18,318
- The largest public schools in KentuckyFayette County Learning Center is the number 220 by size of 349 Kentucky high schools open in 2024-25.#220 of 349
- Kentucky schools by students per teacher7.5 students per teacher here against the Kentucky median of 15.8 for high schools.7.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Fayette County Learning Center
How many students attend Fayette County Learning Center?
191 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 187 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Lexington, KY.What is the student-teacher ratio at Fayette County Learning Center?
7.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Kentucky median for high schools is 15.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Fayette County Learning Center a Title I school?
Fayette County Learning Center was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Fayette County Learning Center do on state tests?
The students tested at Fayette County Learning Center scored proficient or above: 20-29% in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% in math in 2022-23, against 44.7% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.4% in math in 2022-23 across Kentucky. Kentucky's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Fayette County Learning Center in?
Fayette County Public Schools, NCES district ID 2101860. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 210186002251 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.