Lexington City Schools and History
Lexington was founded in June 1775 in what was then Virginia (17 years before Kentucky became a state in 1792). A party of frontiersmen, led by William McConnell, camped on the Middle Fork of Elkhorn Creek (today called Town Branch and rerouted under Vine Street) at the location known today as McConnell Springs. Upon hearing of the colonists’ victory in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, they named their campsite Lexington after Lexington, Massachusetts. Due to the danger of Indian attacks, permanent settlement was delayed for four years. In 1779, Colonel Robert Patterson and 25 companions came from Fort Harrod and erected a blockhouse. Cabins and a stockade were soon built, making the fort, known as Bryan Station, a place of importance. Colonists defended it against a British and American Indian attack in 1782, during the last part of the American Revolution.
Henry Clay’s old law office in Downtown Lexington
The town of Lexington was established on May 6, 1782, by an act of the Virginia General Assembly. The First African Baptist Church was founded c. 1790 by Peter Durrett,[2] a Baptist preacher and slave held by Rev. Joseph Craig. Durrett helped guide “The Traveling Church”, a group migration of several hundred pioneers led by the preacher Lewis Craig and Captain William Ellis from Virginia to Kentucky in 1781.[3] It is the oldest black Baptist congregation in Kentucky and the third oldest in the United States.
By 1820, Lexington was one of the largest and wealthiest towns west of the Allegheny Mountains. So cultured was its lifestyle that the city gained the nickname “Athens of the West”. One early prominent citizen, John Wesley Hunt, became the first millionaire west of the Alleghenies. The growing town was devastated by a cholera epidemic in 1833: 500 of 7,000 residents died within two months, including nearly one-third of the congregation of Christ Church Episcopal.[4] London Ferrill, second preacher of First African Baptist, was one of three clergy who stayed in the city to serve the suffering.[5] Additional cholera outbreaks occurred in 1848–49 and the early 1850s. Cholera was spread by people using contaminated water supplies, but its transmission was not understood in those years. Often the wealthier people would flee town for outlying areas to try to avoid the spread of disease.
Victorian Square in Downtown Lexington
Planters held slaves for use as field hands, laborers, artisans, and domestic servants. In the city, slaves worked primarily as domestic servants and artisans, although they also worked with merchants, shippers, and in a wide variety of trades. In 1850, one-fifth of the state’s population were slaves, and Lexington had the highest concentration of slaves in the state. It also had a population of free blacks. By 1850, First African Baptist Church, led by London Ferrill, a free black, had a congregation of 1820, the largest of any, black or white, in the state.
Many of 19th-century America’s most important people spent part of their lives in the city, including U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis (who attended Transylvania University in 1823 and 1824); Confederate general John Hunt Morgan; U.S. Senator and Vice President John C. Breckinridge; and Speaker of the House, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State Henry Clay, who had a plantation nearby. Lincoln’s wife Mary Todd Lincoln was born and raised in Lexington, and the couple visited the city several times after their marriage in 1842.
In 1935 Lexington founded one of the first drug rehabilitation clinics, known as the “Addiction Research Center”.[6] Expanded as the first alcohol and drug rehabilitation hospital in the United States, it was known as “Narco” of Lexington. The hospital was later converted into a federal prison.
Vine & Broadway in Downtown Lexington
Lexington, which includes all Fayette County, consists of 285.5 square miles (739.4 km2), mostly gently rolling plateau, in the center of the inner Bluegrass Region. The area is noted for its fertile soil, excellent pastureland, and horse and stock farms. Poa pratensis (bluegrass) thrives on the limestone beneath the soil’s surface, playing a major role in the area’s scenic beauty and in the development of champion horses. Numerous small creeks rise and flow into the Kentucky River.
The Lexington-Fayette Metro area is home to five counties: Clark, Jessamine, Bourbon, Woodford, and Scott. This is the second largest metro area in the Ohio Valley and in Kentucky. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 285.5 square miles (739 km2). 284.5 square miles (737 km2) of it is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it (0.35%) is water.
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701 East Main St
Lexington, KY Public | PK-12 |
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| ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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123 East Sixth St
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
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| ASHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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195 North Ashland Ave
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
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2780 Clays Mill Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-8 |
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| ATHENS-CHILESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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930 Jouett Creek Dr
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
692 | 17.6 |
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| BEAUMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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2080 Georgian Way
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
1,060 | 17.8 |
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| BLACKBURN EDUCATION CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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3111 Spurr Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
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| BLUEGRASS ASSESSMENT CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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692 Newtown Pk
Lexington, KY Public | 8-12 |
7 | 7.0 |
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| BLUE GRASS BAPTIST SCHOOL | ||||
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3743 Red River Dr
Lexington, KY Private | KG-12 |
172 | 12.9 |
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| BOOKER T WASHINGTON ACADEMY ELEMENTARY | ||||
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707 Howard St
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
563 | 13.1 |
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| BRYAN STATION HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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201 Eastin Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
1,930 | 20.9 |
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| BRYAN STATION TRADITIONAL MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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1865 Wickland Dr
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
625 | 16.7 |
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| CARDINAL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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218 Mandalay Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
608 | 14.1 |
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| CASSIDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1125 Tates Creek Rd
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
543 | 15.0 |
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| CENTENARY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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2800 Tates Creek Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
225 | 12.5 |
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308 Votech Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
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| CHRIST THE KING SCHOOL | ||||
 412 Cochran Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-8 |
455 | 15.1 |
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| CLAYS MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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2319 Clays Mill Rd
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
658 | 18.2 |
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3000 Clays Mill Rd
Lexington, KY Private | KG-12 |
85 | 12.3 |
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| COMMUNITY MONTESSORI SCHOOL | ||||
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166 Crestwood Dr
Lexington, KY Private | PK-6 |
194 | 20.7 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| CRAWFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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1813 Charleston Dr
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
405 | 14.2 |
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| DEEP SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1919 Brynell Dr
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
543 | 15.5 |
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| DIXIE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL | ||||
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1940 Eastland Parkway
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
602 | 17.4 |
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| EASTSIDE TECHNICAL CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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2208 Liberty Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
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| EDYTHE JONES HAYES MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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260 Richardson Place
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
836 | 17.2 |
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| FAYETTE COUNTY LEARNING CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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2545 Georgetown Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-12 |
48 | 8.7 |
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| FAYETTE COUNTY VIRTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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1813 Charleston Dr
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
23 | 23.0 |
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| FAYETTE PRE-SCHOOL | ||||
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701 East Main St
Lexington, KY Public | PK |
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| FAYETTE REGIONAL SCHOOL | ||||
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3475 Spurr Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-12 |
50 | 8.3 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| FLORENCE CRITTENTON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL | ||||
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519 West Fourth St
Lexington, KY Public | 6-12 |
22 | 11.0 |
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| GARDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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2151 Garden Springs Dr
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
632 | 18.6 |
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| GLENDOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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710 Glendover Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
615 | 16.5 |
 3 out of 5 1 Review |
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| GOOD SHEPHERD DAY SCHOOL | ||||
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544 Sayre Ave
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
149 | 6.0 |
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| HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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161 Bruce St
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
419 | 12.7 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| HAYES PRE-SCHOOL | ||||
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260 Richardson Place
Lexington, KY Public | PK |
99 | 24.8 |
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| HENRY CLAY HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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2100 Fontaine Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
2,169 | 20.8 |
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| JAMES LANE ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1901 Appomattox Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
528 | 15.3 |
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| JESSIE M CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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3341 Clays Mill Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
900 | 18.0 |
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| JULIUS MARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3277 Pepperhill Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
640 | 17.7 |
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| KEITHSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3280 Keithshire Way
Lexington, KY Public | Unknown |
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| KENTUCKY TECHNOLOGY – CENTRAL CAMPUS SCHOOL | ||||
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104 Votech Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
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| LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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401 Reed Ln
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
1,964 | 19.3 |
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| LANSDOWNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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336 Redding Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
710 | 16.4 |
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| LEESTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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2010 Leestown Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
528 | 12.8 |
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| LEXINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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2250 Clays Mill Rd
Lexington, KY Private | 9-12 |
877 | 14.4 |
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| LEXINGTON DAY TREATMENT CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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115 Cisco Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-12 |
53 | 10.6 |
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| LEXINGTON JUNIOR ACADEMY | ||||
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968 Lane Allen Rd
Lexington, KY Private | KG-8 |
35 | 11.7 |
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| LEXINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL | ||||
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319 S Broadway Park
Lexington, KY Private | PK-6 |
60 | 4.3 |
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| LEXINGTON TRADITIONAL MAGNET SCHOOL | ||||
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350 North Limestone St
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
733 | 16.4 |
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| LEXINGTON UNIVERSAL ACADEMY | ||||
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4580 Nicholasville Rd
Lexington, KY Private | KG-8 |
92 | 8.5 |
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| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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2585 Liberty Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
682 | 17.3 |
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| MADELINE M BRECKINRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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2101 St Mathilda Dr
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
521 | 14.8 |
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| MARTIN L KING ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE ALTERNATIVE | ||||
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2200 Liberty Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-12 |
147 | 7.1 |
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| MARTIN LUTHER KING CREDIT RECOVERY SCHOOL | ||||
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2200 Liberty Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
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| MARY QUEEN OF THE HOLY ROSARY SCHOOL | ||||
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605 Hill N Dale Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-8 |
538 | 13.8 |
3 out of 5 2 Reviews |
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| MARY TODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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551 Parkside Dr
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
395 | 14.4 |
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| MAXWELL SPANISH IMMERSION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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301 Woodland Ave
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
539 | 15.7 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| MEADOWTHORPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1710 North Forbes Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
483 | 19.0 |
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| MILLCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1212 Reva Ridge Way
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
469 | 14.8 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL OF KENTUCKY | ||||
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472 Rose St.
Lexington, KY Private | 9-12 |
25 | 8.3 |
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| MONTESSORI MIDDLE SCHOOL OF KENTUCKY | ||||
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1305 Audubon Ave
Lexington, KY Private | 7-8 |
54 | 8.9 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| MORTON MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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1225 Tates Creek Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
796 | 16.9 |
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| NATIONAL ACADEMY | ||||
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3500 Arbor Dr
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
85 | 7.9 |
5 out of 5 2 Reviews |
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| NORTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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340 Rookwood Parkway
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
479 | 16.5 |
 4 out of 5 1 Review |
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| OPPORTUNITY MIDDLE COLLEGE SCHOOL | ||||
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701 East Main St
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
46 | 23.0 |
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| PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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1600 Man O’ War Blvd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
2,121 | 21.8 |
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| PICADOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1642 Harrodsburg Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
643 | 18.0 |
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| PORTER MEMORIAL BAPTIST PRESCHOOL | ||||
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4300 Nicholasville Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
115 | 20.0 |
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| PROVIDENCE MONTESSORI SCHOOL | ||||
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1209 Texaco Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-6 |
213 | 6.2 |
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| RIDGE HOSPITAL ALTERNATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3050 Rio Dosa Dr
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
11 | 3.7 |
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| RIDGE HOSPITAL ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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3050 Rio Dosa Dr
Lexington, KY Public | 6-12 |
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| ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1251 Beaumont Centre Ln
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
764 | 19.5 |
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| RUSSELL CAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3375 Russell Cave Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
301 | 11.2 |
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| SAINTS PETER AND PAUL SCHOOL | ||||
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133 Barr St
Lexington, KY Private | PK-8 |
385 | 12.0 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| SANDERSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3025 Sandersville Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
665 | 16.5 |
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| SAYRE SCHOOL | ||||
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194 N Limestone
Lexington, KY Private | PK-12 |
642 | 9.0 |
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| SCAPA AT BLUEGRASS SCHOOL | ||||
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400 Lafayette Parkway
Lexington, KY Public | 4-8 |
276 | 12.5 |
3 out of 5 4 Reviews |
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| SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL | ||||
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1740 Summerhill Dr
Lexington, KY Private | PK-8 |
451 | 21.4 |
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| SOUTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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340 Wilson Downing Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
665 | 16.7 |
5 out of 5 1 Review |
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| SOUTHERN HILLS MONTESSORI SCHOOL | ||||
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2356 Harrodsburg Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
50 | 0.6 |
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| SOUTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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400 Wilsondowning Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
652 | 17.3 |
 1 out of 5 1 Review |
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| SOUTHSIDE TECHNICAL CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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1800 Harrodsburg Rd
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
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| SQUIRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3337 Squire Oak Dr
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
611 | 17.0 |
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| ST MICHAELS SCHOOL | ||||
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2025 Bellefonte Dr
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
70 | 2.8 |
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| STONEWALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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3215 Cornwall Dr
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
736 | 17.9 |
3 out of 5 1 Review |
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| TATES CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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1113 Centre Parkway
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
584 | 18.6 |
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| TATES CREEK HIGH SCHOOL | ||||
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1111 Centre Parkway
Lexington, KY Public | 9-12 |
1,644 | 20.6 |
5 out of 5 2 Reviews |
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| TATES CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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1105 Centre Parkway
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
581 | 14.9 |
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| THE LEXINGTON SCHOOL | ||||
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1050 Lane Allen Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-8 |
519 | 8.1 |
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| TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | ||||
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3900 Rapid Run Dr
Lexington, KY Private | KG-12 |
334 | 10.7 |
5 out of 5 2 Reviews |
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| TRINITY HILL CHILD CARE CENTER SCHOOL | ||||
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210 E Reynolds Rd
Lexington, KY Private | PK-KG |
29 | 7.0 |
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| VETERANS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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4351 Clearwater Way
Lexington, KY Public | KG-5 |
676 | 18.3 |
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| WILLIAM WELLS BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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555 East 5th St
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
388 | 12.0 |
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| WINBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL | ||||
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1060 Winburn Dr
Lexington, KY Public | 6-8 |
613 | 18.5 |
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| YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ||||
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695 East New Circle Rd
Lexington, KY Public | PK-5 |
413 | 13.5 |
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