Summary:
The 40940 zip code in Kentucky has only one school, Frakes School Center, an elementary school serving grades PK-8 with 99 students. Frakes School Center is part of the Bell County school district, which is ranked 39 out of 159 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Frakes School Center's academic performance has been mixed, with the school's statewide ranking fluctuating from 294 out of 700 Kentucky elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 490 out of 684 in 2021-2022. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's performance on the Kentucky State Assessments (KSA) was also mixed, with some grades performing better than the county and state averages, and others performing worse. The school has a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 78.79% in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $24,486 in the 2018-2019 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 11.3 to 1 in the 2022-2023 school year, the variability in academic performance suggests that the allocation and utilization of resources may need to be examined more closely. The small size of the school, with only 99 students enrolled, may also present both advantages and challenges that should be considered when developing strategies to support student learning and improve overall educational outcomes.
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