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Temple Hill Elementary School

8788 Tompkinsville Rd, Glasgow, KY 42141 · (270) 427-2611 · Barren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Kentucky public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools

Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 421
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
161 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3614%
Kindergarten228%
Grade 13714%
Grade 23413%
Grade 33212%
Grade 42710%
Grade 53513%
Grade 64316%

This year's kindergarten class (22) is 49% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).

Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
21480%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
3714%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
125%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
13149%
Female
13551%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Temple Hill Elementary School→Barren County Middle School→Barren County High School
Based on grade levels within Barren County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
42.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
46.8%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.

Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Temple Hill Elementary School

Temple Hill Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Temple Hill Elementary School this school26660.5%44.0%
Grandview Elementary School
Bellevue
25160.6%38.3%
Southern Elementary School
Beaver Dam
26964.7%57.4%
Grapevine Elementary School
Madisonville
31861.0%52.7%
Kathryn Winn Primary
Carrollton
23363.5%N/A
Farmington Elementary School
Mayfield
28861.1%75.2%
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Temple Hill Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn KentuckyIn Barren County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.0%#338 of 669#6 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.8%#277 of 668#6 of 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
42.5%#465 of 674#7 of 10
Enrollment
ranked largest first
266#615 of 744#10 of 10
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.0:1#208 of 674#3 of 10
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
33.1%#318 of 674#4 of 10
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
60.5%#461 of 721#6 of 10
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.7%#243 of 437#3 of 8
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
266
-28 (-10%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252661914.0:161% (161)
2023-242832014.2:163% (178)
2022-232742212.4:161% (167)
2020-212942114.0:160% (177)
2017-1829820.514.5:167% (199)
2015-163092114.7:166% (204)
2010-113601918.9:168% (246)
2000-012491319.1:156% (140)
1990-914492518.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Temple Hill Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (298 to 266); teachers down 7% (20.5 to 19).

About Temple Hill Elementary School

Temple Hill Elementary School is an elementary school in Glasgow, Kentucky, and it is part of Barren County. The school enrolls 266 students, from pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Kentucky) has about 421 students.

The district for Temple Hill Elementary School is Barren County, with 11 schools and 4,908 students.

Most students at Temple Hill Elementary School are White: 80% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Temple Hill Elementary School has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The teaching staff at Temple Hill Elementary School is 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. About 61% of students, or 161, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 59% average for public schools in Barren County.

allk12 grades Temple Hill Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Temple Hill Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (44.0%) and its predicted rate (42.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.

Barren County has these Census figures: median household income is about $50,628, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Temple Hill Elementary School is among the 21 public schools in Barren County.

The next-closest public school is Eastern Elementary School, about 6.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Temple Hill Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 44.0% is below the 44.7% average for nearby schools.

Under the NCES locale system, Temple Hill Elementary School is Rural: Distant.

Enrollment was 294 in 2020-21 and 266 in 2024-25, a decrease of 28 students.

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Barren County at a glance

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Population
44,938
Census ACS
Median income
$50,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,749 students

Quick facts

School name
Temple Hill Elementary School
District
Barren County
Address
8788 Tompkinsville Rd, Glasgow, KY 42141
Phone
(270) 427-2611
County
Barren County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
266
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
14.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
161 (61%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
210030000053
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Barren County
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Other Temple Hill Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Temple Hill Elementary. Temple Hill Elementary School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Temple Hill Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Temple Hill Elementary School?
Temple Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Temple Hill Elementary School serve?
Temple Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Temple Hill Elementary School have?
Temple Hill Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Temple Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Temple Hill Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Temple Hill Elementary School in?
Temple Hill Elementary School is part of Barren County.
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