Maxwell Spanish Immersion Magnet Elementary School

Escuela de Inmersión en Español

301 Woodland Avenue • Lexington, KY 40508
Phone: (859) 381-3516 • Fax: (859) 381-3517

School website: www.maxwell.fcps.net

School hours: 7:45 a.m. - 2:35 p.m.

Our school was built in 1903 on land that included a spring known as Maxwell's Spring. The school was named for John Maxwell, one of the founders of Lexington. In 1971, the original building was torn down and a new school built on the same site.

Since 1990, Maxwell Elementary has been a Spanish immersion magnet school; in 2007, the Consulate of Spain accepted the program into its network of International Spanish Academies. The schoolwide curriculum follows a half-day partial immersion model. Math, science and language arts are taught in Spanish, while reading, writing, and social studies are taught in English. Students also take arts and humanities classes in Spanish. 

What makes our school special

Maxwell students leave our school proficient in both English and Spanish. Our Spanish staff represents several countries, which provides our kids a global perspective.