Gamaliel Elementary

Set in Gamaliel, Kentucky, Gamaliel Elementary is a tight-knit primary school, run under Monroe County. It educates 254 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 421.

Monroe County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,856 students; Gamaliel Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Gamaliel Elementary logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gamaliel Elementary records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Gamaliel Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Gamaliel Elementary 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 39.2%; this one delivers 60.1%, a residual of +20.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $51,280, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Monroe County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,856 students), of which Gamaliel Elementary is one.

Hermitage Springs Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gamaliel Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

Gamaliel Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gamaliel Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 254). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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