Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITLEY COUNTY·NCES 210588001376
Boston Elementary School
3291 Hwy 1804, Williamsburg, KY 40769 · (606) 549-7872 · Whitley County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
180 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Whitley County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
66.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
62.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Boston Elementary School
Boston Elementary School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Elementary School this school | 206 | 87.4% | 64.0% |
| Cawood Elementary School Cawood | 209 | 86.6% | 56.7% |
| Pleasant View Elementary School Williamsburg | 229 | 87.3% | 67.8% |
| Waynesburg Elementary School Waynesburg | 194 | 87.1% | 51.2% |
| Highland-Turner Elementary School Booneville | 184 | 84.8% | 67.3% |
| Goose Rock Elementary Manchester | 231 | 83.5% | 57.4% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Boston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Whitley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #67 of 669 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #94 of 668 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #100 of 674 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #671 of 744 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #124 of 674 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #636 of 674 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #37 of 721 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #433 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
206
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 152
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 206 | 15.6 | 13.2:1 | 87% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 82% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 191 | 16 | 11.9:1 | 86% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 14 | 14.4:1 | 82% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 17 | 12.2:1 | 86% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 83% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 88% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 8 | 25.5:1 | 95% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 152 | 9 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (207 to 206); teachers down 8% (17 to 15.6).
About Boston Elementary School
Boston Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Its 206 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Kentucky is about 421 students.
Boston Elementary School is in Whitley County, a district with 4,234 students across 11 schools.
White students are the large majority at Boston Elementary School, with 97% of enrollment. The White share in Whitley County as a whole is similar, at about 95%. By the diversity index, Boston Elementary School comes in at 6%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1, with 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 87% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Whitley County is 71%.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Boston Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Kentucky schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Boston Elementary School does better than predicted by 31.3 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.0%; the prediction is 32.6%.
Across Whitley County, median household income is about $44,615, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. Boston Elementary School is among the 21 public schools in Whitley County.
The shortest distance from Boston Elementary School to another public school is about 2.3 miles, to Jellico High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Boston Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Boston Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Federal data show 201 students in 2020-21 and 206 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.4:1 to 13.2:1.
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Whitley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,920
Census ACS
Median income
$44,615
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitley County
- Whitley County High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Whitley County Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Whitley Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Whitley County Central Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Whitley County North Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Whitley County High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Williamsburg City SchoolCombined · 833 students
- Whitley County Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Whitley Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Whitley County Central Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Whitley County East Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other Boston Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Boston Elementary. Boston Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Boston Elementary SchoolWoodstock, GA · 651 students
Nearby schools
- Jellico High School2.3 mi · 275
- Jellico Elementary2.9 mi · 271
- Pleasant View Elementary School5.2 mi · 229
- White Oak Elementary6.1 mi · 101
- Wynn Habersham Elementary7.5 mi · 153
- Frakes School Center9.3 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About Boston Elementary SchoolHow large is Boston Elementary School?
Boston Elementary School enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Boston Elementary School serve?
Boston Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Boston Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Boston Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Boston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Boston Elementary School are roughly 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Boston Elementary School in?
Boston Elementary School is part of Whitley County.
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