Right Fork School Center

Right Fork School Center is a primary school of micro-enrollment scale in Stoney Fork, Kentucky, operated by Bell County, hosting 152 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 64% smaller than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Bell County (2,436 students total), Right Fork School Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Right Fork School Center logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Right Fork School Center tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Right Fork School Center 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 31.1%; Right Fork School Center posts 48.2%, +17.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bell County put the typical household earns roughly $31,354 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Right Fork School Center is one of 18 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 4,135 students).

The closest other public school is Page School Center, roughly 5.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Right Fork School Center ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Right Fork School Center's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 206 (now 152). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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