Simpson Elementary School

Simpson Elementary School is a large K-5 school in Franklin, Kentucky, part of Simpson County. The school hosts 731 students in grades 1 through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 74% bigger than the state mean of about 421.

Simpson Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Simpson County, a district that teaches 3,080 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Simpson Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Simpson Elementary School reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Simpson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Simpson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Simpson County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,858 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Simpson County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,080 students), Simpson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin-Simpson High School West Campus, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Simpson Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 640 students in 2018 compared to 731 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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