Southwest Calloway Elementary School

Set in Murray, Kentucky, Southwest Calloway Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, operated by Calloway County. It instructs 399 students across grades K through 5.

Within Calloway County, which oversees 8 schools and 3,020 students, Southwest Calloway Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Southwest Calloway Elementary School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Calloway County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Southwest Calloway Elementary School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southwest Calloway Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.8%; actual is 66.8%, +21.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Calloway County) reports that median household income runs about $52,706, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Southwest Calloway Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Calloway County (combined enrollment of about 4,966 students).

Nearest neighbor: Murray High School, around 3.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southwest Calloway Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 56.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 93% to 87%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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