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William Wells Brown Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
555 E 5th St
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone
(859) 381-4990
District
FAYETTE COUNTY
County
FAYETTE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
265
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

1

(10 is best)

Better than 4.4% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

William Wells Brown Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
41%
18%
45%
No Data
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
8
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 7.5%
Kindergarten 50 18.9%
Grade 1 44 16.6%
Grade 2 33 12.5%
Grade 3 40 15.1%
Grade 4 36 13.6%
Grade 5 42 15.8%
Total 265 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 9.3% 49.3% 77.4%
Black 71.3% 24.9% 11.4%
Hispanic 18.1% 20.4% 8.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 5.2% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 86.4% 48.5% 56.7%
Free lunch eligible 86.0% 46.5% 53.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.4% 2.0% 3.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 321,354 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,125.2 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.6% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.3% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 13.5% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 134,229 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 7.9% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.4% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.6% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.1% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.9% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.3% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.7% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.7% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 10.6% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,210 $355,837,820 54.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $717 $31,076,214 4.8%
Staff $563 $24,401,546 3.8%
General Administration $191 $8,278,322 1.3%
School Administration $681 $29,515,902 4.5%
Operation $1,002 $43,428,684 6.7%
Transportation $540 $23,404,680 3.6%
Other $645 $27,955,590 4.3%
Total Support $4,339 $188,060,938 29.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,431 $105,364,402 16.2%
Total Expenditures $14,980 $649,263,160 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,046 $4,609,602,067 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $619 $405,005,201 4.5%
Staff $645 $421,785,988 4.7%
General Administration $263 $172,079,193 1.9%
School Administration $721 $471,575,432 5.2%
Operation $989 $646,782,713 7.1%
Transportation $657 $429,660,080 4.7%
Other $330 $215,939,607 2.4%
Total Support $4,223 $2,762,921,742 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,560 $1,674,996,930 18.5%
Total Expenditures $13,829 $9,047,659,705 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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