High · Kentucky

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Free meals for all

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, a public high school in Lexington, Kentucky: grades 9–12, 1,828 students, 17.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fayette County.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,828
Teachers (FTE)
103.1
Students per teacher
17.7
Grades
9–12
High

More students per teacher than 71% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 15.5 · 353 schools compared

More students per teacher than 72% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 96% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 450 · 356 schools compared

Larger than 90% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fayette County.

Location

Address
1600 Man O' War Blvd, Lexington, KY 40513
Phone
(859)381-3546
City or town
Lexington-Fayette

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Southside Technical CenterCareer and technical
9–120—
9–122,37018.8
Audrey Grevious CenterAlternativeFree meals for all
6–12214.2
Family Care CenterAlternativeFree meals for all
9–12227.3
Opportunity Middle CollegeAlternativeFree meals for all
11–1210223.2
The Hub for Innovation and LeadershipCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–120—

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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