Tates Creek High School

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Tates Creek High School
Tates Creek High School crest.jpg
Address
Tates Creek High School
1111 Centre Parkway

,
40517

United States
Coordinates 37°59′05″N84°28′45″W / 37.98460°N 84.47920°W / 37.98460; -84.47920
Information
School type Public
Founded1965
School district Fayette County Public Schools
PrincipalKristy Field
Staff98.84 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,817 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.38 [1]
Color(s)Maroon, white and black
    [2]
Nickname Commodores and Lady Commodores [2]
NewspaperThe Masthead
Website www.tchs.fcps.net

Tates Creek High School (TCHS) is a public school in Lexington, Kentucky. The school is one of six high schools in the Fayette County Public Schools district.

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History

Tates Creek High School was built, and founded in 1965 as the last of three schools on the Tates Creek Campus. (Tates Creek Elementary School and Tates Creek Middle School being the other two.) In 1993, Tates Creek High underwent renovations to significantly increase its size. [3] In August 2019, it was decided a new Tates Creek High School would be constructed behind the original building which opened on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. [4] The original building was demolished in June 2022. [5]

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