Campton Elementary School

Campton Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school in Campton, Kentucky, operated by Wolfe County. The school caters to 315 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Campton Elementary School sits 25% below that benchmark.

Wolfe County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,072 students; Campton Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Campton Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That composition is broadly in line with Wolfe County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Campton Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Campton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Campton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of +13.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Wolfe County shows the typical household earns roughly $30,417 per year, 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 31%. In all, Wolfe County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,072 students), of which Campton Elementary School is one.

Wolfe County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Campton Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.9%.

Campton Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Campton Elementary School has ticked down 20%, going from 392 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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