Graves County Central Elementary

Graves County Central Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Mayfield, Kentucky, part of Graves County. Current enrollment sits at 480 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Graves County runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,906 students. Graves County Central Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Graves County Central Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Graves County Central Elementary lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Graves County Central Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Graves County Central Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.1%; Graves County Central Elementary posts 69.0%, +26.8 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Graves County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,772, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Graves County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,969 students), of which Graves County Central Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gateway Academy High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Graves County Central Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Graves County Central Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Graves County Central Elementary's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 480). The White share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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