MT. Washington Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Mount Washington, Kentucky, MT. Washington Elementary hosts 577 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Bullitt County. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Within Bullitt County, which oversees 24 schools and 13,007 students, MT. Washington Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MT. Washington Elementary reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting MT. Washington Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Bullitt County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, MT. Washington Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -11.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bullitt County put median household income runs about $80,558, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Bullitt County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,007 students), MT. Washington Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Crossroads Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around MT. Washington Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MT. Washington Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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