Park City Elementary School

Located at 45 Indian Mill Rd, in Park City, Kentucky, Park City Elementary School is a close-knit K-5 school that educates 290 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Barren County. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Park City Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Barren County, a district that serves 4,908 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Park City Elementary School lists that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Barren County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Park City Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Park City Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Barren County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Park City Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 30.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Barren County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,628, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Park City Elementary School is one of 21 public schools in Barren County (combined enrollment of about 7,749 students).

Caverna Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park City Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 33%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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