Summary:
The city of Custer, Kentucky has only one public school serving grades PK-5: Custer Elementary School. While the school has some positive attributes, such as higher-than-average reading proficiency in 4th grade, it generally underperforms compared to state and Breckinridge County School District averages in other subject areas and grade levels.
Custer Elementary School's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 302 out of 684 Kentucky elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 418 out of 685 in 2023-2024, with a corresponding drop in its SchoolDigger star rating from 3 to 2 stars. The school's test scores are below the state and district averages in subjects like Mathematics, Editing and Mechanics, and Social Studies. Additionally, 47.93% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
While Custer Elementary School has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio of 15.3 to 1 compared to the national average, the school's relatively high spending per student of $18,299 in the 2018-2019 school year may not be sufficient to overcome the challenges it faces. Overall, the data suggests that Custer Elementary School is a struggling school that needs to address its academic performance and support the educational needs of its economically disadvantaged student population.
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