Red Oak Elementary School

Set in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Red Oak Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, operated by Jessamine County. It educates 519 students across grades 1 through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Within Jessamine County, which oversees 13 schools and 8,331 students, Red Oak Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Red Oak Elementary School records that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Red Oak Elementary School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Red Oak Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 43.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jessamine County put the typical household earns roughly $74,576 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jessamine County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,331 students), Red Oak Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Jessamine Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Red Oak Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Red Oak Elementary School has contracted 7%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 72%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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