Kit Carson Elementary School

Kit Carson Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus in Richmond, Kentucky, one of the schools within Madison County. The school hosts 445 students in grades 1 through 5.

Across the 20 schools in Madison County (11,132 students total), Kit Carson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kit Carson Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest looks like 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the resource side, Kit Carson Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Kit Carson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 42.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,351, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Kit Carson Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 12,103 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bellevue Transitional School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kit Carson Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.7%.

Kit Carson Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Kit Carson Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 594 (now 445). Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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