Lee County Elementary School

Set in Beattyville, Kentucky, Lee County Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, part of Lee County. It instructs 468 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Lee County, which oversees 2 schools and 890 students, Lee County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Lee County Elementary School shows that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lee County Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lee County put the typical household earns roughly $37,568 per year, about 9% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Lee County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 890 students), Lee County Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lee County Middle High School, roughly 2.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lee County Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.2%.

Lee County Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lee County Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 468). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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