Henry Clay High School
Lexington, KY · High School · Grades 9-12
Henry Clay High School is a high school in Lexington, KY with 2,031 students enrolled and a 54% proficiency rate. Part of Fayette County. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Henry Clay High School is a high school located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school serves 2,031 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 54% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 75% graduation rate.
47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Henry Clay High School is part of the Fayette County in Kentucky. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Henry Clay High School has 2,031 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Fayette County (567 students). Its 54% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 49%. Compared to the Kentucky state average of 45%, the school performs 9 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Henry Clay High School has 2,031 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 54% of students at Henry Clay High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Henry Clay High School has a 75% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Henry Clay High School is part of the Fayette County in Lexington, Kentucky. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.