Adair County Elementary School

As an average-sized primary school in Columbia, Kentucky, Adair County Elementary School serves 550 students from grades 3 through 5, overseen by Adair County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Adair County Elementary School sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Adair County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,585 students; Adair County Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Adair County Elementary School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Adair County Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.

In the surrounding community, Adair County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,553, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Adair County Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Adair County (combined enrollment of about 2,585 students).

The closest other public school is Adair County High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Adair County Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Adair County Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 731 (now 550). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

On this page, members of the Adair County Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.