South Heights Elementary School

South Heights Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in Henderson, Kentucky, one of the schools within Henderson County, instructing 413 students in grades K through 5.

Henderson County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,707 students; South Heights Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, South Heights Elementary School logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 19% Black, 18% multiracial, 17% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, South Heights Elementary School records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Henderson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Heights Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Henderson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,851 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Henderson County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,707 students), South Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Heights Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Heights Elementary School has shrank 20%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 64% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for South Heights Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.