Steeplechase Elementary School

Steeplechase Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Walton, Kentucky, overseen by Boone County. The school serves 598 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Within Boone County, which oversees 27 schools and 20,514 students, Steeplechase Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Steeplechase Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 60% of students at Steeplechase Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Boone County (around 40%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Steeplechase Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Boone County) records that median household income runs about $99,414, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Steeplechase Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walton-Verona Middle School, around 2.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Steeplechase Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Steeplechase Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

On this page, members of the Steeplechase Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.