Beaver Creek Elementary School

Beaver Creek Elementary School, a compact elementary campus in Topmost, Kentucky, part of Knott County, enrolls 183 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Knott County (2,048 students total), Beaver Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Beaver Creek Elementary School shows that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Knott County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Beaver Creek Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Beaver Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Knott County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Beaver Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 30.7%.

Across the wider county, Knott County reports that the typical household earns roughly $41,761 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Knott County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,048 students), Beaver Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

South Floyd Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beaver Creek Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 29%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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