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Auburn Elementary School
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Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Auburn Elementary School
Auburn Elementary School operates as a heavily attended primary school in Auburn, Kentucky, overseen by Logan County. Current enrollment sits at 760 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Auburn Elementary School sits 81% bigger than that benchmark.
Logan County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,443 students; Auburn Elementary School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Auburn Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Auburn Elementary School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Logan County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Auburn Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Logan County put median household income runs about $60,382, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Logan County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,422 students), Auburn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Chandlers Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Auburn Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Auburn Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 737 (now 760). The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 85% over that span.
On the community side, members of the Auburn Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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