Emma B. Ward Elementary School

Emma B. Ward Elementary School is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, part of Anderson County, with 452 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5.

Emma B. Ward Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Anderson County, a district that educates 3,633 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Emma B. Ward Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Emma B. Ward Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 45.8%.

In the area at large, Anderson County reports that median household income runs about $74,488, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Emma B. Ward Elementary School is one of 7 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 3,633 students).

The closest other public school is Ezra Sparrow Early Childhood Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Emma B. Ward Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Emma B. Ward Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emma B. Ward Elementary School has ticked down 3%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 452 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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