Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDERSON COUNTY·NCES 210271000572
Cairo Elementary School
10694 Hwy 41-A, Henderson, KY 42420 · (270) 533-1286 · Henderson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
106 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
77.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cairo Elementary School
Cairo Elementary School's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Elementary School this school | 233 | 45.5% | 70.7% |
| Dixon Elementary School Dixon | 285 | 44.2% | 50.0% |
| Calvary Elementary School Lebanon | 236 | 50.4% | 62.1% |
| Calhoun Elementary School Calhoun | 290 | 45.5% | 55.3% |
| Cub Run Elementary School Cub Run | 213 | 49.3% | 46.1% |
| Payneville Elementary School Payneville | 265 | 49.8% | 47.6% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cairo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Henderson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #20 of 669 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #7 of 668 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #73 of 674 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #646 of 744 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #320 of 674 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #353 of 674 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #623 of 721 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #69 of 437 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
233
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 233 | 15.9 | 14.7:1 | 45% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 16.9 | 14.8:1 | 48% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 15.9 | 15.8:1 | 45% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 54% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 17.3 | 17.7:1 | 55% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 55% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 16 | 19.1:1 | 54% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 9 | 34.2:1 | 41% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 15 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cairo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (306 to 233); teachers down 8% (17.3 to 15.9).
About Cairo Elementary School
Students in Henderson, Kentucky, attend Cairo Elementary School, a small elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 233 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Kentucky is roughly 421 students; this school is 45% smaller than that.
Henderson County serves 6,707 students across 13 schools.
The student body at Cairo Elementary School is 84% White. Enrollment also includes 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The county population is about 86% White, within a few points of the school. Cairo Elementary School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.7 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. It compares with 53% for public schools in Henderson County.
The allk12 Grade for Cairo Elementary School is A+. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Cairo Elementary School is a top-10% school in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.1% with an actual 70.7%.
Henderson County census figures show that the median household income is $58,851, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Henderson County is home to 13 public schools and about 6,707 public school students.
The nearest public school is A B Chandler Elementary School, at about 2.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On state test proficiency, Cairo Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Cairo Elementary School had 248 students, to 2024-25, when it had 233. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.4:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.
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Henderson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,280
Census ACS
Median income
$58,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,707 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henderson County
- Henderson County High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Henderson County North Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Henderson County South Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Spottsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Bend Gate Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Henderson
- Henderson County High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Henderson County North Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Henderson County South Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Bend Gate Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- South Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
Other Cairo Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cairo Elementary. Cairo Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Cairo Elementary SchoolCairo, IL · 148 students
- Cairo Elementary SchoolOntario, OR · 124 students
Nearby schools
- A B Chandler Elementary School2.7 mi · 256
- Jefferson Elementary School6.2 mi · 413
- Henderson County South Middle School6.3 mi · 661
- South Heights Elementary School6.3 mi · 413
- The Central Academy7.2 mi · 269
- Henderson County North Middle School7.5 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About Cairo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cairo Elementary School?
Cairo Elementary School enrolls approximately 233 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cairo Elementary School serve?
Cairo Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cairo Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Cairo Elementary School.
How diverse is Cairo Elementary School?
Cairo Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Cairo Elementary School public or private?
Cairo Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henderson County.
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