Taylorsville Elementary School

As a well-populated elementary-level community in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Taylorsville Elementary School instructs 661 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Spencer County. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Taylorsville Elementary School sits 57% larger than that benchmark.

Within Spencer County, which oversees 6 schools and 3,341 students, Taylorsville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Taylorsville Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Spencer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Spencer County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Taylorsville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 40.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Spencer County) records that median household income runs about $102,618, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Spencer County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,341 students), of which Taylorsville Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Spencer County High School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Taylorsville Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Taylorsville Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 654 students in 2018 to 661 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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