Yes, many JCPS schools do. The harder part is figuring out what “robotics” means at your child’s school.
JCPS does not publish one live districtwide roster showing every active robotics team, who can join, when registration opens, what it costs or whether the group actually competes. The district’s 2026 to 2027 Choices guides provide a starting point, but they do not tell the whole story.
JCPS Insider checked the current Choices materials, individual school pages and public VEX competition records as of Sept. 8, 2026.
At least 35 elementary profiles advertise extracurricular robotics
JCPS Insider found at least 35 elementary school profiles in the current Choices guide that identify robotics as a club, team, student activity or other extracurricular opportunity.
Those schools are Auburndale, Blue Lick, Brandeis, Camp Taylor, Chancey, Dunn, Eisenhower, Fairdale, Farmer, Field, Goldsmith, Gutermuth, Hite, Indian Trail, J. Graham Brown School, Jeffersontown, Lowe, Luhr, McFerran Preparatory Academy, Middletown, Norton Commons, Okolona, Price, Rangeland, Semple, Slaughter, Smyrna, St. Matthews, Stopher, Tully, Watterson, Wheeler, Whitney Young Elementary at Engelhard, Wilt and Zachary Taylor.
The wording varies. Camp Taylor advertises a robotics team. Dunn lists Robotics Club. Norton Commons lists Robotics Club for kindergarten through fifth grade and says its student activities can change annually based on student interest. Wheeler lists robotics. Slaughter identifies a Robotics Team.
There are also schools where robotics appears in instruction rather than the extracurricular list. Crums Lane says its STEM Lab includes robotics, engineering and programming, but robotics does not appear among its listed student engagement activities. Kenwood describes robotics instruction in its STEM Lab. Blake also mentions robotics as part of its STEM Lab work while leaving it off the student activities list.
Norton Elementary shows why the school’s own website is worth checking. Its Choices profile lists a STEM Lab and does not include robotics among its student engagement activities. Norton’s current student activities page says its VEX Robotics Club meets every Friday after school for fourth and fifth graders.
Norton also shows up in recent VEX results. The 2026 Kentucky elementary state championship roster included Norton teams 69433A CougarBots and 69433C RoboCougars.
So the elementary list above should be treated as a verified starting point, not a complete census of every robotics opportunity in JCPS.
Middle school is where the competition picture becomes clearer
Several middle schools plainly advertise robotics as a club or activity.
The current Choices guide lists LEGO Robotics and VEX Robotics at Echo Trail, Robotics at Lassiter, and Robotics among Meyzeek’s clubs. Ramsey goes further. Its school information says its Robotics and Coding pathway uses VEX Robotics and includes competition teams, while Robotics Club is separately listed as an extracurricular activity.
Westport is the example of why the Choices guide alone can be misleading.
District materials talk about robotics through academics and engineering. The RoboHawks are a competition program. JCPS publicly celebrated the team in 2024 after it won a third straight VEX state championship and qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas.
The program was still competing in 2025 to 2026. Public results from the Feb. 21, 2026 VEX IQ tournament list three Westport teams, 1977A, 1977B and 1977C. Team 1977B finished first in the qualification rankings. Team 1977C shared the Teamwork Champion Award with Noe Middle School team 435A.
Noe also had a substantial VEX presence. The school hosted the Cougar Clash VEX IQ qualifying tournament on Feb. 7, 2026. The Feb. 21 event roster separately lists seven Noe teams: 435A, 435B, 435D, 435E, 435F, 435G and 435H.
February 2026 VEX results also include multiple Echo Trail teams and Meyzeek.
Highland, Kammerer and Grace James Academy of Excellence describe robotics learning within engineering, technology or career exploration programs in current district materials. Those descriptions do not by themselves establish that a separate competition team is currently accepting members.
Central and Butler have clearly identified high school programs
At the high school level, Central High Magnet Career Academy has one of the clearest public descriptions.
Central says the Louisville Centrons Robotics Club began in 2015 with help from a NASA grant and has grown to three VEX teams and one FIRST team. The school describes it as the largest robotics organization in JCPS.
Butler Traditional High School also maintains a current Robotics listing on its club page. The school says the club participates in state and national competition. It lists no membership requirement, $15 dues and meetings Monday through Thursday until 4 p.m.
Other high schools offer robotics through engineering, automation, coding or technical coursework. JCPS Insider is not counting an academic pathway as an active robotics team unless current public information supports that conclusion.
LEGO, VEX and FIRST are not the same program
The district still runs a LEGO robotics track. Elementary students can build and program robots and enter RoboRumble, the local spring competition coordinated by JCPS. The 2026 event was March 7 at duPont Manual High School.
JCPS and the Kentucky Derby Festival ran four events at the 2026 RoboRumble: SumoBot, the RCX LEGO challenge, Sphero Hero and Automata Box Design.
VEX is another major part of the local picture. Lowe Elementary hosted a VEX IQ scrimmage league during the 2025 to 2026 school year. Recent competition records also show JCPS teams from Westport, Noe, Echo Trail, Meyzeek, Lowe, Norton and Slaughter. Norton Commons separately lists VEX Robotics among its extracurricular programs.
Central adds FIRST to the mix at the high school level.
What to ask your child’s school
Ask these five questions:
Is robotics a class, a club, a competition team or more than one of those?
Which grades can participate?
Does the team use LEGO, VEX, FIRST or another system?
Are there tryouts, team limits, fees, travel costs or required practices?
Who is the current coach or sponsor, and has registration already started?
If the school website is vague, search the school name on RobotEvents to see whether it has recently fielded a VEX team. That will not catch every robotics program because not every school uses VEX, but it can confirm recent competition activity.
Then ask the school office, STEM or STEAM teacher, engineering teacher or club sponsor for this year’s signup information. Club availability can change with staffing and student interest, so the current coach and registration window matter more than an old tournament result.