Phelps Elementary School

Phelps Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Freeburn, Kentucky, operated by Pike County. Current enrollment sits at 293 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Within Pike County, which oversees 20 schools and 7,515 students, Phelps Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Phelps Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). Compared to Pike County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Phelps Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pike County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Phelps Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.5%; Phelps Elementary School posts 66.5%, +33.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pike County) records that median household earnings sit near $44,312, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Pike County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,644 students), Phelps Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Phelps High School, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Phelps Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Phelps Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 403 (now 293). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Phelps Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.