Bowen Elementary School

Bowen Elementary School is a small K-5 school in Stanton, Kentucky, run under Powell County. The school serves 231 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Bowen Elementary School sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Powell County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,031 students. Bowen Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bowen Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest consists of 3% multiracial. Compared to Powell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Bowen Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 36.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Powell County shows median household earnings sit near $40,309, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Powell County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,031 students), of which Bowen Elementary School is one.

Stanton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Bowen Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bowen Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bowen Elementary School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 255 (now 231). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.