Calvary Elementary School

Calvary Elementary School is a tight-knit K-5 school in Lebanon, Kentucky, one of the schools within Marion County. The school enrolls 236 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Calvary Elementary School sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Marion County runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,036 students. Calvary Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Calvary Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Calvary Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,627 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,036 students), Calvary Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lebanon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Calvary Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calvary Elementary School has increased 3%, going from 230 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 85% over that span.

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