Caneyville Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Caneyville, Kentucky, Caneyville Elementary School works with 378 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Grayson County.

Across the 7 schools in Grayson County (4,030 students total), Caneyville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Caneyville Elementary School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Grayson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Grayson County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Caneyville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.7%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Grayson County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,757, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grayson County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,030 students), of which Caneyville Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oran P Lawler Elementary School, around 8.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Caneyville Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Caneyville Elementary School has edged down 4%, going from 392 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 98% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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