Fayette County Public Schools (Kentucky)

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Fayette County Public Schools
Address
701 East Main Street
, Kentucky, 40502
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
SuperintendentDemetrus Liggins [2]
Budget
  • Revenue:
  • US$617.5MM (2018–19)
  • Expenditures:
  • US$585.9MM (2018–19)
NCES District ID 2101860 [1]
Students and staff
Students41,415 (2021–22) [1]
Teachers3,074.72 (FTE) (2021–22) [1]
Staff3,026.00 (FTE) (2021–22) [1]
Student–teacher ratio13.47:1 (2021–2022) [1]
Other information
Website fcps.net

Fayette County Public Schools is a school district based in Lexington, Kentucky (U.S.).

Contents

The district serves all of Fayette County, which is coextensive with the city of Lexington.

Administration

Superintendent

Other administrators

Board of education

The Fayette County Board of Education consists of members elected to four year terms from five districts, as well as the Superintendent. Districts 1, 3, and 5 hold elections in presidential election years, while Districts 2, and 4 hold elections in mid-term years.

The board holds two meetings each month, both open to the public. The first meeting of the month is an agenda planning meeting, while official action is taken at the second meeting. The second meeting of each month is televised locally on cable channel 197 [6] and streamed on the district's Web site. [7]

School Board members

  • Daryl Love [8]
  • Raymond Daniels [8]
  • Stephanie Spires [8]
  • Melissa Bacon [8]
  • Doug Barnett [8]

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools

Middle schools

  • E.J. Hayes Middle School
  • Beaumont Middle School
  • Bryan Station Middle School
  • Jessie Clark Middle School
  • Leestown Middle School
  • Lexington Traditional Magnet School
  • Morton Middle School
  • Southern Middle School
  • Tates Creek Middle School
  • Winburn Middle School
  • Crawford Middle School

Combined middle/high schools

  • Carter G. Woodson Academy — An all-boys college preparatory program for grades 6–12, aimed mainly at minority students. [9] The program was formerly housed at Crawford Middle School, but is now at Frederick Douglass High School. [10]

4-8 schools

Primary schools

Magnet programs

FCPS offers many magnet programs with varying entrance requirements.

Magnets without entrance criteria

Magnets with entrance criteria

Lottery magnets with entrance criteria

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