Cannonsburg Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in Ashland, Kentucky, Cannonsburg Elementary School hosts 272 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Boyd County. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 421.

Boyd County runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,994 students. Cannonsburg Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cannonsburg Elementary School shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Cannonsburg Elementary School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Cannonsburg Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Boyd County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,118, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boyd County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,634 students), of which Cannonsburg Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Boyd Co Early Childhood Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Cannonsburg Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cannonsburg Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cannonsburg Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 266 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 95% to 91%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Cannonsburg Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.