Mary Todd Elementary School, Lexington KY

Original Research by School Decision on Mary Todd Elementary School

Mary Todd Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in Lexington, within the Fayette County district. The school’s student body is majority Hispanic and Black, with a smaller share of white students and students of two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on the share of students with disabilities or identified as English learners was not available.

The school’s academic picture comes from the Kentucky Summative Assessment, and the results across tested grades and subjects are on the lower side. In English language arts, the share of students reaching proficiency is in the low to middle range across grades three through five. In math, the pattern is similar, with proficiency rates in the lower third across those same grades. Science testing in grade four showed a share below one-third reaching proficiency. Social studies testing in grade five showed a share below one-quarter. A parent may want to follow up with the school about what academic support and intervention strategies are in place. No trend data over multiple years was available to show whether performance is moving in any direction.

The school operates within Fayette County, the consolidated city-county government of Lexington. Lexington is a major Kentucky city, home to the University of Kentucky, Transylvania University, Keeneland, and a concentration of horse farms and distilleries. The city has an urban growth boundary that shapes development patterns, and the district’s schools serve neighborhoods across the county. A publicly reported district brief was sought for recent bond construction or new school initiatives, but little was found, so that context is left aside rather than guessed.

For families considering the neighborhood around the school, housing costs in the area are in line with the state median, and rents are at a level that would represent a moderate share of a typical household income. The national mortgage rate context applies here as it does across the country.

Mary Todd Elementary is a neighborhood school serving a diverse, predominantly lower-income student population. The school’s state assessment results are below the broader state averages, which is a pattern families should explore directly with the school. The absence of data on chronic absenteeism and discipline limits a full picture of the school environment. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate or college-going data to report. This is a school where a parent would want to visit, meet the principal, and ask about the specific reading and math interventions being used, and how the school is working to move proficiency rates upward.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 49% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 49% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 50% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 53% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 53% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 40% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 43% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolFayette County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income43%Higher-income38%5 pp gap