Lexington closing costs & neighborhood/school district question

[Micah Girl]

Originally Posted by ic-epi

When we registered at Beaumont Middle School (before we moved to Woodford County) I was a bit upset because our registration counselor said that Beaumont was very crowded and many of the classes that my son wanted to take (upper level/advanced classes, plus the electives) were already full and overfull. But I loved the school and the personal attention -- even given the size of the school and that it was registration -- the principal made a big effort to meet my son in person. But upon registration the person said in some cases there were 35+ students per class, but that they would keep adding students because as a public school, they have to take the students that live in the district (as we did at that time, in our temporary apartment). But the school overall has good test scores so something must be going right.

To try to answer one of your previous questions -- Dunbar is one of the biggest high schools in KY and as such, the magnet students (in the math and science program) could not possibly, statistically affect the test scores because there are so many more students not in that program but in the high school. Dunbar has many AP courses and was rated very well among the top high schools in the country for AP courses (Henry Clay was also, as was Woodford County High in Versailles). The Dunbar area (and Henry Clay too) in general covers a real estate area that is economically among the highest real estate in Fayette County.

You need to live in the district to go to Dunbar or Henry Clay. The geographical area of Henry Clay includes the downtown/campus area. The geographical area of Dunbar includes some very nice, expensive subdivisions in or near the Beaumont area, but also areas nearby that are less expensive but still quite nice. If you want to factor elementary schools into the equation it quickly becomes very expensive real estate.

Thanks for all that info--I know you've only recently done all that homework. I am glad to hear about the high school in Versailles--I didn't realize that it was so strong.