Elementary · Kentucky
Clark Elementary School
Free meals for allClark Elementary School, a public elementary school in Paducah, Kentucky: grades k–5, 615 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Paducah Independent.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 615
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 14.6 · 719 schools compared
More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 87% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 436 · 720 schools compared
Larger than 82% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%67%proficient
+5.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 50% · 635 elementary schools compared
288 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%61%proficient
+6.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 44% · 627 elementary schools compared
288 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Paducah Independent
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Paducah Independent.
Location
- Address
- 3401 Buckner Lane, Paducah, KY 42001
- Phone
- (270)444-5730
- City or town
- Paducah
- County
- McCracken County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McNabb Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 334 | 11.9 | 37% | 24% |
Morgan Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 369 | 12.4 | 40% | 47% |
Hendron Lone Oak Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 498 | 15.6 | 71% | 65% |
Lone Oak Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 495 | 15.6 | 75% | 74% |
Lone Oak Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 437 | 16.8 | 65% | 43% |
Concord Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 606 | 15.5 | 66% | 61% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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