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Mercer County Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
741 Tapp Rd
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
Phone
(859) 733-7040
District
Mercer County
County
MERCER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
728
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Mercer County Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
43%
No Data
47%
No Data
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 157 21.6%
Kindergarten 184 25.3%
Grade 1 194 26.6%
Grade 2 193 26.5%
Total 728 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.2% 87.7% 75.7%
Black 2.1% 3.2% 11.5%
Hispanic 8.7% 7.9% 10.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.8% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 67.4% 63.1% 58.7%
Free lunch eligible 65.2% 58.8% 56.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 4.3% 2.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,907 4,526,154
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 86.8 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.1% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.6% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,947 1,791,991
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 88.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.8% 27.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.3% 13.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.9% 15.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.3% 17.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.7% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.7% 12.9%
$15,000 or less 10.2% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,713 $21,009,000 58.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $436 $1,189,000 3.3%
Staff $452 $1,232,000 3.4%
General Administration $395 $1,076,000 3.0%
School Administration $772 $2,104,000 5.8%
Operation $935 $2,547,000 7.0%
Transportation $815 $2,219,000 6.1%
Other $306 $834,000 2.3%
Total Support $4,112 $11,201,000 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,454 $3,961,000 11.0%
Total Expenditures $13,279 $36,171,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,910 $5,200,739,000 51.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $727 $477,948,000 4.7%
Staff $736 $484,166,000 4.8%
General Administration $291 $191,384,000 1.9%
School Administration $768 $504,692,000 5.0%
Operation $1,171 $769,813,000 7.6%
Transportation $725 $476,816,000 4.7%
Other $397 $260,689,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,815 $3,165,508,000 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,706 $1,779,038,000 17.5%
Total Expenditures $15,431 $10,145,285,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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