Mary G. Hogsett Primary School

Located at 300 Waveland Avenue, in Danville, Kentucky, Mary G. Hogsett Primary School is a cozy elementary-level community that serves 356 students (grades pre-K through 1), one of the schools within Danville Independent.

Within Danville Independent, which oversees 6 schools and 1,787 students, Mary G. Hogsett Primary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mary G. Hogsett Primary School lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mary G. Hogsett Primary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Boyle County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Boyle County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,159, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Boyle County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,810 students), of which Mary G. Hogsett Primary School is one.

The closest other public school is Kentucky School for the Deaf, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mary G. Hogsett Primary School operates from a small-town location.

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