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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Lone Oak Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCCRACKEN COUNTY·NCES 210396001009
Lone Oak Elementary School
301 Cumberland Ave, Paducah, KY 42001 · (270) 538-4120 · McCracken County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
299 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 23% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
74.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lone Oak Elementary School
Lone Oak Elementary School's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak Elementary School this school | 495 | 60.4% | 74.5% |
| Red Oak Elementary School Nicholasville | 519 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
| Trigg County Primary School Cadiz | 521 | 58.5% | N/A |
| West Broadway Elementary School Madisonville | 486 | 60.7% | 38.1% |
| Peaks Mill Elementary Frankfort | 453 | 57.6% | 44.3% |
| Meadow Lands Elementary School Owensboro | 479 | 62.4% | 44.5% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lone Oak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In McCracken County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #11 of 669 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #21 of 668 | #1 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #25 of 674 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #251 of 744 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #447 of 674 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #249 of 674 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #464 of 721 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #172 of 437 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
495
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 495 | 31.8 | 15.6:1 | 60% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 61% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 58% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 51% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 49% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 51% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 47 | 19.1:1 | 44% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 37% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 34 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lone Oak Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (588 to 495); teachers down 9% (35 to 31.8).
About Lone Oak Elementary School
Lone Oak Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Paducah, Kentucky. The school serves pre-K through 3. Enrollment is 495 students.
McCracken County runs 13 schools with a combined 6,780 students. Lone Oak Elementary School is one of them.
The share of White students at Lone Oak Elementary School is 74%, a majority. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. Census figures show McCracken County is about 82% White. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at Lone Oak Elementary School are from different groups.
Lone Oak Elementary School has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is similar, at 15.4:1. At Lone Oak Elementary School, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in McCracken County is close, at 57%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lone Oak Elementary School is +31.9 points, in the top 10% of Kentucky. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.5%, and the predicted rate is 42.6%.
For McCracken County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $64,373, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 22 public schools and about 9,883 students.
The closest school to Lone Oak Elementary School is Lone Oak Intermediate School, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lone Oak Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Lone Oak Elementary School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%.
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McCracken County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,564
Census ACS
Median income
$64,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McCracken County
- McCracken County High SchoolHigh · 1,882 students
- Lone Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
- Reidland Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Heath Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Hendron Lone Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
Other schools in Paducah
- McCracken County High SchoolHigh · 1,882 students
- Paducah Tilghman High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Lone Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Paducah Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 606 students
Other Lone Oak Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lone Oak Elementary. Lone Oak Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lone Oak Elementary SchoolLONE OAK, TX · 540 students
- Lone Oak ElementarySpartanburg, SC · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Lone Oak Intermediate School0.2 mi · 437
- Lone Oak Middle School0.7 mi · 702
- Hendron Lone Oak Elementary School0.9 mi · 498
- Clark Elementary School2.4 mi · 615
- Paducah Middle School2.5 mi · 632
- Concord Elementary School2.7 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Lone Oak Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lone Oak Elementary School?
Lone Oak Elementary School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Lone Oak Elementary School serve?
Lone Oak Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lone Oak Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lone Oak Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lone Oak Elementary School?
Lone Oak Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Lone Oak Elementary School in?
Lone Oak Elementary School is part of McCracken County.
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