Caldwell County Primary School

Caldwell County Primary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Princeton, Kentucky, operated by Caldwell County. The school hosts 532 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 26% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Across the 4 schools in Caldwell County (1,879 students total), Caldwell County Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Caldwell County Primary School records that White students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, Caldwell County Primary School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Caldwell County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,583, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Caldwell County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,879 students), of which Caldwell County Primary School is one.

Caldwell County Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Caldwell County Primary School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Caldwell County Primary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 532). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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