Ezel Elementary School

Ezel Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in Ezel, Kentucky, run under Morgan County, with 114 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 73% leaner than the state mean of about 421.

Across the 8 schools in Morgan County (1,769 students total), Ezel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ezel Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ezel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 55.9%, a residual of +14.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate median household income runs about $47,913, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Ezel Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 1,769 students).

Nearest neighbor: Botts Early Learning Center, around 5.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ezel Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ezel Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 114). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Ezel Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.