📍 160 LHS Drive, Blackey, Letcher County, 41804
Letcher Elementary & Middle School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Blackey, Letcher County. The school has 374 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Letcher County school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Letcher Elementary & Middle School enrolls 374 students across grades K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% White, <1% Two or more races and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 370 | 99% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 374 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 258 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Letcher Elementary & Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 29, state house district 94.
Letcher Elementary & Middle School is one of 9 schools in Letcher County, based in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The district serves 2,429 students district-wide and employs 205 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 374 students, Letcher Elementary & Middle School is larger than the district average of about 270 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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