Flat Lick Elementary School

Flat Lick Elementary School is one of the tiny elementary campuss in Flat Lick, Kentucky, operated by Knox County, with 163 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

Knox County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 3,738 students. Flat Lick Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Flat Lick Elementary School records that nearly all students (99%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Flat Lick Elementary School records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Knox County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Flat Lick Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.8%; actual is 53.4%, +21.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, Knox County reports that median household earnings sit near $32,527, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 33%. In all, Knox County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,276 students), of which Flat Lick Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Knox Central High School, around 3.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Flat Lick Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 230 students in 2018 compared to 163 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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