Bloomfield Elementary School

Bloomfield Elementary School is a primary school of compact scale in Bloomfield, Kentucky, operated by Nelson County, caters to 225 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Bloomfield Elementary School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Nelson County comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,178 students; Bloomfield Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bloomfield Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Nelson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Bloomfield Elementary School logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Bloomfield Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Nelson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bloomfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

Around the school, Nelson County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,562, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Nelson County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,047 students), Bloomfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bloomfield Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Bloomfield Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bloomfield Elementary School has decreased 28%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.