Allen County Primary Center

Allen County Primary Center is an elementary-level community of high-enrollment scale in Scottsville, Kentucky, part of Allen County, teacheing 1,000 students in grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 138% larger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Allen County Primary Center is one of 5 schools operated by Allen County, a district that caters to 3,138 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Allen County Primary Center logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Allen County Primary Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 40.5%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the broader community, Allen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,403 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Allen County Primary Center is one of 6 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 3,138 students).

Nearest neighbor: Allen County Intermediate Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Allen County Primary Center. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Allen County Primary Center at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Allen County Primary Center has showed little movement, going from 1,014 students in 2018 to 1,000 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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