Enrollment
115
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY·NCES 210402001027
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary
640 Main St, Sacramento, KY 42372 · (270) 736-2343 · McLean County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
80 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary→McLean County Middle School
Based on grade levels within McLean County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
31.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 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 Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary this school | 115 | 69.6% | 37.1% |
| Nichols Elementary West Point | 105 | 66.7% | 20.3% |
| North Livingston Elementary School Burna | 113 | 66.4% | 32.3% |
| East Valley Elementary School West Liberty | 119 | 67.2% | 62.9% |
| Frakes School Center Frakes | 117 | 73.5% | 54.8% |
| Ezel Elementary School Ezel | 114 | 64.9% | 55.9% |
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 Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #462 of 669 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #530 of 668 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #430 of 674 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 115 | #716 of 744 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #292 of 721 |
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
115
+4 (+4%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 115 | 8.5 | 13.6:1 | 70% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 125 | 8.5 | 14.8:1 | 74% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 121 | 9 | 13.4:1 | 69% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 111 | 9 | 12.3:1 | 65% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 121 | 9.4 | 12.9:1 | 60% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 9 | 13.1:1 | 61% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 139 | 10 | 13.9:1 | 45% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 126 | 5 | 25.2:1 | 53% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 14 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (121 to 115); teachers down 10% (9.4 to 8.5).
About Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary
In Sacramento, Kentucky, part of McLean County, Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary is an elementary school. The school counts 115 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 73% smaller than the 421 average for elementary schools in Kentucky.
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary is one school in a 6-school district, McLean County, which enrolls 1,387 students.
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary enrolls a student body that is 91% White. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary counts 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.6 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Kentucky, the typical ratio is 15.4:1. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in McLean County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of Kentucky public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary is 2.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.1% actual, 39.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
Recent Census Bureau figures for McLean County show that median household income is about $65,596, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 6 public schools in McLean County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,387.
Bremen Elementary School is located about 4.1 miles from Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary. Other public schools within ten miles: 7. The nearest schools with test data average 44.2%, higher than Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary's 37.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 111 in 2020-21 and 115 in 2024-25, a 4% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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McLean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,114
Census ACS
Median income
$65,596
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,387 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McLean County
- McLean County High SchoolHigh · 427 students
- McLean County Middle SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Calhoun Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Livermore Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- McLean County Alternative CenterHigh · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Bremen Elementary School4.1 mi · 369
- McLean County Alternative Center9.0 mi · 2
- Livermore Elementary School9.0 mi · 232
- Calhoun Elementary School9.1 mi · 290
- McLean County High School9.6 mi · 427
- McLean County Middle School9.6 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Marie Gatton Phillips ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary?
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary enrolls approximately 115 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary serve?
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary have?
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary?
Student demographics at Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary?
Marie Gatton Phillips Elementary is overseen by McLean County in McLean County.
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