Northside Early Childhood Center

Northside Early Childhood Center is an elementary school in Shelbyville, Kentucky, reachable at (502) 633-5123. It has an enrollment of 228 students in pre-K. That compares with an average of about 421 students for elementary schools in Kentucky.

Shelby County enrolls 6,985 students, and its 14 schools include Northside Early Childhood Center.

At Northside Early Childhood Center, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. It is also 42% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. Shelby County's residents are about 80% White, 37 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.

The school's 7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 32.6:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1, 17.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Shelby County.

In Shelby County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $82,604, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 16 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,985, Northside Early Childhood Center among them.

Southside Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Northside Early Childhood Center. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, Northside Early Childhood Center is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 228, compared with 176 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (32.6:1) than in 2020-21 (22.0:1).

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