Lancaster Elementary School

Located at 205 Lexington St, in Lancaster, Kentucky, Lancaster Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that caters to 462 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Garrard County.

Within Garrard County, which oversees 5 schools and 2,503 students, Lancaster Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lancaster Elementary School logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Garrard County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Garrard County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lancaster 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 35.8%; this one delivers 52.6%, a residual of +16.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Garrard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,087 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Garrard County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,503 students), Lancaster Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Garrard Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lancaster Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lancaster Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lancaster Elementary School has ticked down 4%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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