Taylor Elementary School

Taylor Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Brooksville, Kentucky, overseen by Bracken County. Current enrollment sits at 490 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in Bracken County (1,133 students total), Taylor Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Taylor Elementary School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Bracken County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Taylor Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bracken County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,319 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Bracken County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,467 students), of which Taylor Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Bracken County Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Taylor Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Taylor Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Taylor Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 490).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.