Our 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 Fayette County 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 and Girls STEM School). 

Options

The Biomedical Science Pathway engages students in high-level critical inquiry through problem-based instruction and discovery learning.  This program has entrance criteria, and only incoming ninth-graders are considered through its lottery system. 

• Biomedical track at Frederick Douglass High School

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme offers a rigorous college preparatory program. Ninth and 10th graders take a pre-IB advanced curriculum, and 11th and 12th graders are in 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.  

• LTMS

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

• Dixie Magnet Elementary
• Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary

The Girls STEM School, which will eventually house grades K-8, uses a weighted lottery to ensure that 50 percent of the students accepted are economically disadvantaged girls of color. 

• Girls STEM School

Spanish Immersion Program continues after Maxwell Elementary.

• Spanish Immersion 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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