3 bd $1,770/mo in Lexington. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax.
Public-school students
73,331
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
14.3
5,111 teachers
Districts / schools
7 / 139
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,227
NCES counts 139 public schools here. 189 are filed under a level. 50 are not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
7 largest districts in Lexington.
- Fayette County
Lexington
- Students
- 42,138
- Schools
- 80
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.8
- Scott County
Georgetown
- Students
- 9,830
- Schools
- 17
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- Jessamine County
Nicholasville
- Students
- 8,331
- Schools
- 14
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.3
- Clark County
Winchester
- Students
- 5,552
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- Woodford County
Versailles
- Students
- 4,064
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 16
- Bourbon County
Paris
- Students
- 2,557
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.7
- Paris Independent
Paris
- Students
- 859
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 18
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
76
Elementary grades
Middle
22
Middle or junior high
High
87
Secondary grades
Other
4
K–12, ungraded, alternative
189 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Lexington metro sits
Roughly the core of the Lexington, KY metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$42 left/mo. Childcare $1,086. Lexington paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Lexington
Take-home by job in Lexington
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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