Garth Elementary School

Garth Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Georgetown, Kentucky, operated by Scott County, with 381 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Scott County, which oversees 16 schools and 9,830 students, Garth Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Garth Elementary School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Garth Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 44.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Scott County shows median household earnings sit near $85,158, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Scott County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,863 students), Garth Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Georgetown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Garth Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garth Elementary School has declined 11%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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