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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY·NCES 210526001286
Southern Elementary School
1200 Fairfax Way, Georgetown, KY 40324 · (502) 863-0772 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
312 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
36.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
27.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southern Elementary School
Southern Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Elementary School this school | 462 | 67.5% | 28.8% |
| Jesse Stuart Elementary School Madisonville | 486 | 67.5% | 39.1% |
| Glasscock Elementary School Lebanon | 432 | 67.8% | 46.6% |
| Daniel Boone Elementary School Richmond | 469 | 65.7% | 42.0% |
| Washington County Elementary School Springfield | 473 | 66.8% | 36.5% |
| Madison Kindergarten Academy Richmond | 403 | 64.8% | N/A |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #569 of 669 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #578 of 668 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #549 of 674 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #310 of 744 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #165 of 674 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #196 of 674 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #334 of 721 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #127 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
462
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 68% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 59% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 36.1 | 13.9:1 | 57% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 60% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 37.6 | 15.1:1 | 61% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 68% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 57% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 20 | 24.3:1 | 40% (196) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (567 to 462); teachers down 10% (37.6 to 34).
About Southern Elementary School
This page covers Southern Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Georgetown, Kentucky. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 462 students on the rolls.
Southern Elementary School is one of 16 schools in Scott County, which enrolls 9,830 students in total.
More than half of the students at Southern Elementary School are White (65%). Next come 13% Black, 11% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. That compares with about 86% White among all Scott County residents. The diversity index for Southern Elementary School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky have an average ratio of 15.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Southern Elementary School, 68% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Scott County average 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Southern Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Southern Elementary School is 40.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.8%.
The school's county is Scott County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $85,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,863, Southern Elementary School among them.
Southern Elementary School's nearest public school is Georgetown Middle School (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Southern Elementary School is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 495 to 462.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,536
Census ACS
Median income
$85,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,863 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County
- Great Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Scott County High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Scott County Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Royal Spring Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Western Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 574 students
Other schools in Georgetown
- Great Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Scott County High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Scott County Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Royal Spring Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Western Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 574 students
Other Southern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Southern Elementary. Southern Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 10.
- Southern Elementary SchoolSomerset, KY · 611 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolFalmouth, KY · 542 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolLexington, KY · 476 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolBeaver Dam, KY · 269 students
- Southern Elementary SchoolNew Castle, DE · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Georgetown Middle School0.4 mi · 555
- Garth Elementary School0.8 mi · 381
- Lemons Mill Elementary School1.0 mi · 540
- Creekside Elementary1.4 mi · 574
- The Stables2.4 mi · 33
- Western Elementary School2.6 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Elementary SchoolHow large is Southern Elementary School?
Southern Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
Is Southern Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southern Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southern Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Elementary School?
At Southern Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Southern Elementary School?
Southern Elementary School is overseen by Scott County in Scott County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.