Cairo Elementary School

Cairo Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Henderson, Kentucky, run under Henderson County. Current enrollment sits at 233 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 421.

Within Henderson County, which oversees 13 schools and 6,707 students, Cairo Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Cairo Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cairo Elementary School shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Henderson County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Cairo Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.1%; Cairo Elementary School posts 70.7%, +22.6 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Henderson County put median household earnings sit near $58,851, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Henderson County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,707 students), Cairo Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is A B Chandler Elementary School, roughly 2.7 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Cairo Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cairo Elementary School's enrollment has fell 24% since 2018, when it stood at 306 (now 233). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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