Elementary · Kentucky
Joe Harrison Carter
Free meals for allJoe Harrison Carter, a public elementary school in Tompkinsville, Kentucky: grades pre-k–5, 260 students, 16.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Monroe County.
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
- 260
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 14.6 · 719 schools compared
More students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 436 · 720 schools compared
Smaller than 80% 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%56%proficient
+12.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 67% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 50% · 635 elementary schools compared
116 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%53%proficient
+4.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 72% of elementary schools in Kentucky
Median 44% · 627 elementary schools compared
75 students tested, grades 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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 Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Monroe County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Monroe County.
Location
- Address
- 3888 Edmonton Rd, Tompkinsville, KY 42167
- Phone
- (270)487-5621
- County
- Monroe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Tompkinsville ElemFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 437 | 13.4 |
Gamaliel ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 254 | 12.9 |
Temple Hill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 266 | 14.0 |
Hermitage Springs Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 215 | — |
Metcalfe County Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 648 | 14.4 |
Red Boiling Springs ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 363 | — |
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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