Brookside Elementary School

Located at 199 Brookside Dr, in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Brookside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that teaches 515 students (grades 1 through 5), operated by Jessamine County. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 22% bigger than typical.

Within Jessamine County, which oversees 13 schools and 8,331 students, Brookside Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Brookside Elementary School records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jessamine County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Brookside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jessamine County put median household earnings sit near $74,576, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brookside Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Jessamine County (combined enrollment of about 8,331 students).

The closest other public school is Hattie C. Warner Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brookside Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 515 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Brookside Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.