Camargo Elementary School

Located at 4307 Camargo Rd, in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Camargo Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school that caters to 597 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Montgomery County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Camargo Elementary School sits 42% above that benchmark.

Montgomery County comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,442 students; Camargo Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Camargo Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Camargo Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Camargo Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that median household earnings sit near $56,396, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,442 students), Camargo Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McNabb Middle School, roughly 4.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Camargo Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Camargo Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 597).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.