Custer Elementary School

Custer Elementary School, a small elementary school in Custer, Kentucky, part of Breckinridge County, works with 178 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 421.

Within Breckinridge County, which oversees 6 schools and 2,677 students, Custer Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Custer Elementary School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Breckinridge County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Breckinridge County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Custer Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Breckinridge County put median household income runs about $55,843, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Breckinridge County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,362 students), of which Custer Elementary School is one.

Irvington Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Custer Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 206 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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