Sublimity Elementary School

Sublimity Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary campus in London, Kentucky, run under Laurel County. Current enrollment sits at 323 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Laurel County runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,676 students. Sublimity Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Sublimity Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest reads as 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Sublimity Elementary School shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 66% of students at Sublimity Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Sublimity Elementary 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 40.4%; this one delivers 76.3%, a residual of +35.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Laurel County shows median household income runs about $57,771, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Sublimity Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Laurel County (combined enrollment of about 9,220 students).

Nearest neighbor: McDaniel Learning Center, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sublimity Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Sublimity Elementary School's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 323). The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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