Enrollment
184
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOYD COUNTY·NCES 210062000118
Catlettsburg Elementary School
3348 Court St, Catlettsburg, KY 41129 · (606) 739-5515 · Boyd County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
130 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
36.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 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 Catlettsburg Elementary School
Catlettsburg Elementary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catlettsburg Elementary School this school | 184 | 70.7% | 35.5% |
| Custer Elementary School Custer | 178 | 70.8% | 32.5% |
| Argillite Elementary School Argillite | 216 | 69.9% | 26.4% |
| Charles Russell Elementary School Ashland | 202 | 69.3% | 40.5% |
| Western Elementary School Centertown | 221 | 72.4% | 51.2% |
| Fallsburg Elementary School Louisa | 190 | 66.8% | 50.7% |
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 Catlettsburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Boyd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #490 of 669 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #461 of 668 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #384 of 674 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 184 | #685 of 744 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.7% | #270 of 721 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.9% | #18 of 437 | #1 of 8 |
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
184
-29 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 184 | 19 | 9.7:1 | 71% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 25 | 7.7:1 | 74% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 22 | 9.5:1 | 80% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 20 | 10.7:1 | 67% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 23.1 | 12.4:1 | 71% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | 72% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 79% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 14 | 23.6:1 | 76% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 12 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catlettsburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (287 to 184); teachers down 18% (23.1 to 19).
About Catlettsburg Elementary School
Catlettsburg Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 184 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Kentucky average about 421 students each.
Catlettsburg Elementary School is part of Boyd County, where 8 schools serve 2,994 students.
Federal enrollment data show Catlettsburg Elementary School is 90% White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial. That is close to the 93% White share among all Boyd County residents. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 19 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 9.7:1. That is lower than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 71%. On average, public schools in Boyd County report 63%.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Catlettsburg Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Catlettsburg Elementary School is 3.3 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.5% actual, 38.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kentucky.
Census Bureau estimates for Boyd County show that the median household income is $61,118, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. There are 25 public schools in Boyd County, enrolling about 6,634 students in all.
The next-closest public school is South Point Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Catlettsburg Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
Catlettsburg Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
2024-25 enrollment was 184, a 14% decrease from 213 in 2020-21.
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Boyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,911
Census ACS
Median income
$61,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,634 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boyd County
- Boyd County High SchoolHigh · 888 students
- Boyd County Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Cannonsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Boyd Co Early Childhood AcademyElementary · 230 students
Other schools in Catlettsburg
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other Catlettsburg Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Catlettsburg Elementary. Catlettsburg Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Catlettsburg Elementary SchoolSevierville, TN · 646 students
Nearby schools
- South Point Elementary School1.4 mi · 355
- Tri-State STEM+M School1.8 mi · 85
- Ceredo-Kenova Elementary1.9 mi · 632
- Ceredo-Kenova Middle School2.3 mi · 263
- South Point Middle School2.5 mi · 307
- South Point High School2.6 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Catlettsburg Elementary SchoolHow large is Catlettsburg Elementary School?
Catlettsburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 184 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Catlettsburg Elementary School serve?
Catlettsburg Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Catlettsburg Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Catlettsburg Elementary School is approximately 9.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Catlettsburg Elementary School?
Catlettsburg Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Catlettsburg Elementary School?
Catlettsburg Elementary School is overseen by Boyd County in Boyd County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.