Mercer County Intermediate School

Mercer County Intermediate School operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, operated by Mercer County. Current enrollment sits at 570 students spanning grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Mercer County Intermediate School sits 35% bigger than that benchmark.

Mercer County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,674 students. Mercer County Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Mercer County Intermediate School lists that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mercer County Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mercer County put the typical household earns roughly $64,824 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Mercer County Intermediate School is one of 8 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 3,199 students).

The closest other public school is Mercer County Senior High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mercer County Intermediate School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

Mercer County Intermediate School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mercer County Intermediate School has ticked down 12%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 570 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.