📍 2420 Spurr Rd, Lexington, Fayette County, 40511
Rise STEM Academy for Girls is an Alternative/PRU serving elementary age pupils, located in Lexington, Fayette County. The school has 232 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fayette County school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rise STEM Academy for Girls enrolls 232 students across grades K–8. The student body is 0% male and 100% female. A teaching staff of 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 39% White and 7.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 102 | 44% |
| White | 90 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 6% |
| Asian | 8 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
112 of the school's 232 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 107 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rise STEM Academy for Girls is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 77.
Rise STEM Academy for Girls 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 232 students, Rise STEM Academy for Girls is smaller than the district average of about 527 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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