Kyrock Elementary School

Kyrock Elementary School, a tight-knit primary school in Sweeden, Kentucky, part of Edmonson County, educates 334 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Edmonson County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,854 students; Kyrock Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Kyrock Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Kyrock Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Edmonson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Kyrock Elementary School 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 38.9%; this one delivers 70.8%, a residual of +31.8 points.

Across the wider county, Edmonson County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,937, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Kyrock Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Edmonson County (combined enrollment of about 1,854 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edmonson County High School, around 4.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kyrock Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kyrock Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Kyrock Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 334).

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