Mapleton Elementary School

Mapleton Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, operated by Montgomery County. Current enrollment sits at 524 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Mapleton Elementary School sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Montgomery County (4,442 students total), Mapleton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mapleton Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mapleton Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 62% of students at Mapleton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mapleton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $56,396, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Montgomery County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,442 students), Mapleton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Gateway Children's Services is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mapleton Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Mapleton Elementary School's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 681 (now 524).

In the discussion threads here, members of the Mapleton Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.