Southgate Public School

As a small elementary campus in Southgate, Kentucky, Southgate Public School enrolls 180 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Southgate Independent. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Southgate Public School sits 57% below that benchmark.

Southgate Independent is the operating authority for Southgate Public School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Southgate Public School logs that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 18% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Southgate Public School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Campbell County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Southgate Public School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 53.2%, a residual of +16.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Campbell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,567 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Campbell County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), Southgate Public School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Moyer Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southgate Public School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.2%.

Southgate Public School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southgate Public School has contracted 5%, going from 190 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 61% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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