Carter City Elementary School

Carter City Elementary School, a rural-scale elementary school in Grayson, Kentucky, part of Carter County, works with 117 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Carter City Elementary School sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Carter County, which oversees 11 schools and 3,980 students, Carter City Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Carter City Elementary School reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Carter City Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Carter City Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 60.3%, a residual of +18.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Carter County put median household earnings sit near $51,235, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Carter County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,980 students), Carter City Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Laurel Elementary School, roughly 8.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carter City Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Carter City Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 133 (now 117).

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