📍 Highway 11 North, Girdler, Knox County, 40943
Girdler Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Girdler, Knox County. The school has 294 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Knox County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Girdler Elementary School enrolls 294 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 25.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 2.4% Two or more races and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 284 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
254 of the school's 294 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Girdler Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KY-50, state senate district 25, state house district 86.
Girdler Elementary School is one of 15 schools in Knox County, based in Barbourville, Kentucky. The district serves 3,718 students district-wide and employs 312 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 294 students, Girdler Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 248 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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