Arnett Elementary School

Arnett Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in Erlanger, Kentucky, one of the schools within Erlanger-Elsmere Independent. Current enrollment sits at 253 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 421.

Arnett Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Erlanger-Elsmere Independent, a district that works with 2,431 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Arnett Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Arnett Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Arnett Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kenton County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Arnett Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 33.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kenton County) logs that median household earnings sit near $80,548, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kenton County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students), Arnett Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Howell Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arnett Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Arnett Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 381 (now 253). The White share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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