Waco Elementary School

Waco Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus in Waco, Kentucky, run under Madison County. The school teaches 422 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 20 schools in Madison County (11,132 students total), Waco Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Waco Elementary School lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Madison County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Waco Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Waco Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 40.4%.

Around the school, Madison County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,351, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Waco Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 12,103 students).

Clark Moores Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Waco Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Waco Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 422). White enrollment moved from 94% to 87% across the same window.

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