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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 4

Harlan Elementary School, Harlan, KY

CEP schoolHarlan Elementary School is a public elementary school in Harlan, part of Harlan Independent School District. It enrolled 335 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
335
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
15.2
Grades
K to 4

This school's ratio is 2.8 lower than the district figure of 18.0. The Kentucky average across schools is 15.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2
District18.0
Kentucky15.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
420 E Central St, Harlan, KY 40831
Phone
(606)573-8715
District
Harlan Independent School District
County
Harlan County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
210252000551
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
205
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
20561.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
205Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Harlan

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.