Lone Oak Intermediate School

Lone Oak Intermediate School operates as an average-sized primary school in Paducah, Kentucky, overseen by McCracken County. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades 4 through 5.

Across the 13 schools in McCracken County (6,780 students total), Lone Oak Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lone Oak Intermediate School reports that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Lone Oak Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Lone Oak Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lone Oak Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 49.7%.

Around the school, census data for McCracken County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,373 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across McCracken County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,883 students), Lone Oak Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lone Oak Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lone Oak Intermediate School. On composite proficiency, Lone Oak Intermediate School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lone Oak Intermediate School has declined 13%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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