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Taylor County Elementary School
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Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Taylor County Elementary School
Taylor County Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Campbellsville, Kentucky, part of Taylor County, works with 594 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 421.
Across the 5 schools in Taylor County (2,704 students total), Taylor County Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Taylor County Elementary School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Taylor County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Taylor County Elementary School lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Taylor County Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at Taylor County Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Taylor County Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 47.0%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Taylor County put the typical household earns roughly $60,456 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Taylor County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,064 students), of which Taylor County Elementary School is one.
Taylor County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Taylor County Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Taylor County Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 39.4%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Taylor County Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 591 students in 2018 to 594 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
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Taylor County at a glance
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