Ben Johnson Elementary School

Ben Johnson Elementary School operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Mc Daniels, Kentucky, run under Breckinridge County. Current enrollment sits at 232 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 421.

Breckinridge County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,677 students. Ben Johnson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ben Johnson Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Breckinridge County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Breckinridge County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Ben Johnson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 38.5%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Breckinridge County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,843 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Ben Johnson Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Breckinridge County (combined enrollment of about 5,362 students).

Oran P Lawler Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ben Johnson Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ben Johnson Elementary School has ticked down 8%, going from 251 students in 2018 to 232 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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