Monticello Elementary School

Set in Monticello, Kentucky, Monticello Elementary School is a well-populated elementary school, overseen by Wayne County. It instructs 664 students across grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 58% bigger than the state mean of about 421.

Wayne County comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,058 students; Monticello Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Monticello Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 81% of students at Monticello Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monticello Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $45,739 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,058 students), Monticello Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bell Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Monticello Elementary School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monticello Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 688 students in 2018 compared to 664 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Monticello Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.