Mary E. Britton Middle School, Lexington: rating and zone

Last checked Oct. 23, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Fayette County Public Schools’ middle schools page, 2026-27 calendar (PDF), the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability data and the district’s attendance zone maps.

Mary E. Britton Middle School is a Fayette County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 2185 Polo Club Blvd., Lexington.

Mary E. Britton is Lexington’s newest middle school. It opened in August 2025 after the school board approved new middle school boundaries for it, according to the district’s school rezoning page.

Who to call

• Front office: 859-422-1195, 2185 Polo Club Blvd.
• School website: britton.fcps.net
• Which school is my address zoned for? The district’s SchoolSite Locator
• Enrolling: Enrollment in FCPS, then the school’s registrar; out-of-area requests, 859-422-0320
• Buses: register as a rider each year; routes are on the district’s School Bus Portal; bus-tracking app questions, 859-422-2877
• District office: Fayette County Public Schools, 450 Park Place, 859-422-4100

About Mary E. Britton Middle School

The school opened to students Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, on the grounds of the former Hamburg Farms in eastern Fayette County, according to its About Our School page. It is the district’s largest middle school, and the school expects to house 1,200 students by 2027. The building has an agricultural science lab and is described by the school as one of the most energy-efficient facilities in Kentucky.

Students are the Bears. Each grade has its own team names: the Kodiaks and Polars in sixth grade, the Grizzlies in seventh and the Bruins in eighth, according to the school’s website.

Who Mary E. Britton was

The school is named for Mary E. Britton, a Lexington physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist who became the first woman doctor licensed in Lexington. Her great-great-grandniece, Patricia Hooks-Gray, attended the opening, the school said.

Programs, sports and clubs at Mary E. Britton Middle

From the school’s website:

• Career and technical pathways: agriculture science, family and consumer science, medical and health science and physical education; law and justice and pre-teaching are listed as coming in 2026-27.
• Arts and humanities: band, chorus, orchestra, visual art and Spanish; multimedia arts is listed as coming in 2026-27.
• Advanced courses: English language arts, math, science, social studies and Spanish.
• Sports: archery, basketball, cross country, cheerleading, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, track and field and volleyball.
• Clubs: Academic Team, band, Beta Club, esports, FFA, HOSA, MathCounts and yearbook, among others.

Principal

Principal Dave Hoskins, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.

Enrollment and teachers

The school opened in August 2025, after the latest federal count (2024-25), so the NCES school directory does not list it yet. The Kentucky School Report Card holds the state’s enrollment figures.

State report card

Kentucky rates schools on state tests in reading and math and in science, social studies and writing, English learner progress, school climate and safety and, for high schools, postsecondary readiness and graduation. Each score combines this year’s results with the change from last year, and ratings run, from highest to lowest, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

2025-26 overall rating: Yellow, with an overall score of 59.5. Fayette County Public Schools’ middle schools as a whole rated Yellow (63.0); statewide, middle schools rated Yellow (59.1).

On the 2025-26 Kentucky Summative Assessment, 57% of students scored proficient or distinguished in reading (district 53%, state 48%) and 44% in math (district 46%, state 40%).

The full report card, with test results by student group, attendance and teacher data, is on the Kentucky School Report Card, starting from the district’s page. All figures above are from the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 assessment and accountability datasets, published Oct. 14, 2026.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Every Fayette County address is zoned to one elementary, one middle and one high school. Look up an address on the district’s SchoolSite Locator.

About 10,336 residential addresses fall in the Mary E. Britton Middle zone. By elementary zone, those homes are in Garrett Morgan Elementary (27%), Breckinridge Elementary (22%), Liberty Elementary (19%), Athens-Chilesburg Elementary (17%) and Brenda Cowan Elementary (14%). By high school zone, they are in Frederick Douglass High (78%) and Henry Clay High (22%). We matched the district’s current attendance zone maps with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government’s residential address points. The locator is the final word for any single address.

Families who want a school outside their zone can ask through the district’s out-of-area request process, which the district says is open only in “extremely limited” circumstances.

The district’s rezoning team drew Britton’s boundaries in spring 2024 with Davis Demographics and adjusted other middle school lines at the same time; the meeting materials and maps are on the school rezoning page.

Calendar and school day

The school day runs 9:05 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s middle schools page.

Mary E. Britton Middle follows the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF), which the school board approved June 23, 2025. Coming up:

• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day; no classes
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, 2027, is also a no-class day, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
• Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day
• Friday, March 19, 2027: no classes; possible weather make-up day
• April 5-9, 2027: spring break; Monday, April 12, is also a no-class day
• Tuesday, May 18, 2027: primary election; no classes
• Wednesday, May 26, 2027: last day of classes, pending weather make-up days

Live dates and school events are on the district calendar.

More

• The school’s own website
• The district’s page on the Kentucky School Report Card
• Fayette County Public Schools’ middle schools page and magnet and specialized programs
• Every public school in Lexington, with zones and report cards
• Our Lexington schools guide for the calendar, enrollment and the school board

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Mary E. Britton Middle serve?

Mary E. Britton Middle serves grades 6 to 8, according to Fayette County Public Schools.

What is Mary E. Britton Middle’s Kentucky school rating?

Mary E. Britton Middle was rated Yellow, with an overall score of 59.5, in Kentucky’s 2025-26 school accountability results. Blue is the highest of the five ratings and Red the lowest.

Which high school does Mary E. Britton Middle feed into?

Homes in the Mary E. Britton Middle zone are zoned for Frederick Douglass High and Henry Clay High, by our count of address points. Check a single address on the district’s SchoolSite Locator.

Who was Mary E. Britton?

Mary E. Britton was a Lexington physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist, and the first woman doctor licensed in Lexington, according to the school’s About Our School page.

What sports does Mary E. Britton Middle School offer?

The school lists archery, basketball, cross country, cheerleading, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, track and field and volleyball on its website.

What time does Mary E. Britton Middle start?

The school day runs 9:05 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the district’s school directory.