Morgan Elementary School

Morgan Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Paducah, Kentucky, operated by Paducah Independent. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades K through 5.

Paducah Independent comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,103 students; Morgan Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Morgan Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 17% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Morgan Elementary School records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above McCracken County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Morgan Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 40.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McCracken County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,373, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across McCracken County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,883 students), Morgan Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Paducah Tilghman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 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), Morgan Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.4%.

Morgan Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Morgan Elementary School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 369). Over the same period, the White share fell from 38% to 30%.

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