📍 3375 Russell Cave Rd, Lexington, Fayette County, 40511
Russell Cave Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lexington, Fayette County. The school has 240 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fayette County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Russell Cave Elementary School enrolls 240 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 182 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 12% |
| White | 26 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
174 of the school's 240 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 171 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Russell Cave Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-60, state senate district 28, state house district 72.
Russell Cave Elementary School is one of 80 schools in Fayette County, based in Lexington, Kentucky. The district serves 42,138 students district-wide and employs 3,086 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 240 students, Russell Cave Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 527 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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