Fayette County's magnet schools foster higher achievement, encourage creativity, open the door to other cultures, and provide an array of educational choices that focus on the specific needs, interests, and abilities of students. Students accepted to magnet programs leave their regular schools in order to study in the specialty area of their choice: Biomedical sciences (Frederick Douglass High School), International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (Tates Creek High School), traditional programs (LTMS), individually prescribed education (Dixie), Spanish immersion (Maxwell and Bryan Station middle and high); and science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM Academy). 

Options

The Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science Pathway engages students in high-level critical inquiry through problem-based instruction and discovery learning. Students take advanced courses and can earn college credit hours through a combination of dual credit and Advanced Placement classes. This program has entrance criteria, and only incoming ninth-graders are considered through its lottery system. Space is limited.

• at Frederick Douglass High School

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is open to all FCPS students who want to challenge themselves with a rigorous college preparatory program. Ninth and 10th grades offer a pre-IB advanced curriculum, and 11th and 12th grades are the IB Diploma Programme.

• IB at Tates Creek High School

Lexington Traditional Magnet School offers three pathways of study: STEM, Liberal Arts, & Visual and Performing Arts. It has entrance criteria and accepts students through a lottery draw. Space is limited.   

• LTMS

Dixie and Maxwell elementaries accept students via lottery but do not have entrance criteria.

• Dixie Magnet Elementary
• Maxwell Spanish Immersion Magnet Elementary

Spanish Immersion Program continues after Maxwell Elementary.

• at Bryan Station middle and high schools

STEAM Academy selects applicants through a lottery that maintains a diverse student population. 

• STEAM Academy
   

Admission

Online application | The window typically is Aug. 15 to Oct. 7 for the following school year. It's not a first-come, first-served system. Applications may be submitted anytime during the window, and all receive equal consideration.

Notification: All applicants will get word in mid-January that they are either accepted, wait-listed, or declined. If your family does not hear anything by the end of January, please email special.programs@fayette.kyschools.us

FCPS policies and procedures

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