Millcreek Elementary School, Lexington KY

Original Research by School Decision on Millcreek Elementary School

Millcreek Elementary School serves students in preschool through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Fayette County school system in Lexington, Kentucky. The school sits in a zip code where home values and rents have both seen modest increases and are somewhat lower than national benchmarks, reflecting a more attainable housing market relative to the wider country. Lexington itself is a consolidated city-county that blends a major university, the state’s flagship public institution, with the global thoroughbred horse industry, a growing bourbon distillery scene, and a mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial corridors. The city manages growth through the nation’s first urban growth boundary, which has preserved open space and horse farms while concentrating new development within a designated urban service area.

Millcreek is a regular elementary school, not a charter or magnet, and it draws from its surrounding neighborhood. The student body at the school is diverse. The largest group of students are Black, with a substantial share of students who are white, followed by Hispanic students, and then students who identify as two or more races. A relatively small number of students are Asian, and the school enrolls a very small number of American Indian or Alaska Native students. A large majority of students at the school qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which is a common indicator of economic need in public schools and one that families may want to consider in terms of the overall support environment.

State assessment results for Millcreek were available for the most recent testing year across math, reading, science, and social studies. In reading, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below half for each tested grade, and the rates for third, fourth, and fifth graders all clustered at a similar level. Math results were lower still, with fifth grade proficiency at a level that is especially soft. Fourth grade science proficiency was also on the lower end of the range, and fifth grade social studies proficiency was similarly modest. These are the school’s own absolute results, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what supports are in place and how students are progressing across grade levels. Data on chronic absenteeism and on special education and English learner populations was not available in the record, so a family would need to ask the school directly about those areas.

The school serves grades where state testing is administered, so the proficiency results above are based on that regular assessment. Because Millcreek does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report; that is simply a function of the grade band.

Millcreek operates as part of the Fayette County Public Schools district, which covers the entire Lexington-Fayette County area. No information was found in the provided materials about recent district-wide bond measures, construction projects, or changes at the district level that would directly shape Millcreek’s facilities or programming. A parent may want to check the district’s own communications for any such developments.

The school’s performance on state tests is an important metric, and the overall picture at Millcreek is one where proficiency rates fall well below the majority mark in both core subjects. The school is a neighborhood elementary with a diverse and economically varied student body in a midsized city that has a stable housing market and an active university-centered economy. For a family focused on test outcomes, the data here is worth examining closely, and a conversation with the school about its academic interventions and progress monitoring would be a logical next step.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 45% · ▼ 20 pts below district

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

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 49% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 515%

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

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 50% · ▼ 16 pts below district

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

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 53% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 53% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Science

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 40% · ▼ 25 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 43% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 21 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-income28%Higher-income60%32 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income27%Higher-income29%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income50%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income22%Higher-income40%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income24%Higher-income29%5 pp gap