Black Mountain Elementary School

Black Mountain Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Evarts, Kentucky, one of the schools within Harlan County. The school serves 248 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 421.

Black Mountain Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Harlan County, a district that educates 3,310 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Black Mountain Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school records 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Harlan County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Black Mountain Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Harlan County's rate of about 76%.

After controlling for student poverty, Black Mountain Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 40.5%, a residual of +9.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harlan County indicate median household earnings sit near $41,693, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Harlan County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,310 students), of which Black Mountain Elementary School is one.

Evarts Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Black Mountain Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Black Mountain Elementary School's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 248). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.