📍 741 Tapp Rd, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, 40330
Mercer County Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harrodsburg, Mercer County. The school has 730 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mercer County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mercer County Elementary School enrolls 730 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 618 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 5.9% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
489 of the school's 730 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 449 qualify for free lunch and 40 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mercer County Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-60, state senate district 22, state house district 55.
Mercer County Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Mercer County, based in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The district serves 2,675 students district-wide and employs 172 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 730 students, Mercer County Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 446 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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