Meadowthorpe Elementary, Lexington: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Fayette County Public Schools’ elementary schools page, magnet and specialized programs page, 2026-27 calendar (PDF), the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability data, the federal NCES school directory and the district’s attendance zone maps.

Meadowthorpe Elementary School is a Fayette County Public Schools elementary school for preschool through fifth grade at 1710 N. Forbes Road, Lexington.

The district lists these programs at the school on its magnet and specialized programs page:

• Gifted and Talented Accelerated Program (GTAP): for fourth and fifth graders, with project-based learning and GT-endorsed teachers

Who to call

• Front office: 859-422-3521, 1710 N. Forbes Road
• School website: meadowthorpe.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

Principal

Principal Stephanie Price, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.

Enrollment and teachers

Meadowthorpe Elementary School had 517 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13 students per teacher, according to the federal NCES school directory. That is the latest federal count.

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: Blue, with an overall score of 99.3. Fayette County Public Schools’ elementary schools as a whole rated Green (71.1); statewide, elementary schools rated Yellow (64.7).

On the 2025-26 Kentucky Summative Assessment, 74% of students scored proficient or distinguished in reading (district 56%, state 50%) and 72% in math (district 50%, state 43%).

The full report card, with test results by student group, attendance and teacher data, is on the school’s page on the Kentucky School Report Card. 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 4,822 residential addresses fall in the Meadowthorpe Elementary zone. Of those, the middle school zones are Leestown Middle (100%), and the high school zones are Paul Laurence Dunbar High (77%) and Bryan Station High (23%). 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.

Rezoning: The school board approved new elementary boundaries, known as Plan 2B, on June 22, 2026, for Helen Caise Wade Elementary, which opens on Greendale Road in fall 2027, according to the district’s Project Right Size, Bright Future page. Under Plan 2B, three parts of the Meadowthorpe zone move to the new Helen Caise Wade Elementary, one area moves to Sandersville, and two small areas of the Sandersville zone move to Meadowthorpe. Check any address on the district’s Plan 2B map. Our schools guide has more on the plan.

Calendar and school day

The school day runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the district’s elementary schools page.

Meadowthorpe Elementary 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
• Meadowthorpe Elementary School on the Kentucky School Report Card
• Fayette County Public Schools’ elementary 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 Meadowthorpe Elementary serve?

Meadowthorpe Elementary serves preschool through fifth grade, according to Fayette County Public Schools.

What is Meadowthorpe Elementary’s Kentucky school rating?

Meadowthorpe Elementary was rated Blue, with an overall score of 99.3, in Kentucky’s 2025-26 school accountability results. Blue is the highest of the five ratings and Red the lowest.

Which middle school does Meadowthorpe Elementary feed into?

Most homes in the Meadowthorpe Elementary zone are zoned for Leestown Middle, by our count of address points. Check a single address on the district’s SchoolSite Locator.

What time does Meadowthorpe Elementary start?

The school day runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., according to the district’s school directory.