Spencer County Elementary School

As a heavily attended primary school in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Spencer County Elementary School enrolls 801 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Spencer County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Spencer County Elementary School sits 90% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Spencer County (3,341 students total), Spencer County Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Spencer County Elementary School records that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Spencer County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Spencer County Elementary School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Spencer County Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Spencer County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spencer County Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Spencer County shows median household earnings sit near $102,618, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Spencer County Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Spencer County (combined enrollment of about 3,341 students).

Spencer County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Spencer County Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spencer County Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spencer County Elementary School has expanded 14%, going from 704 students in 2018 to 801 in 2025.

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