Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSON COUNTY·NCES 210306000692
Central Elementary School
1715 Euclid Ave, Paintsville, KY 41240 · (606) 789-2541 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
263 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
11%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 Johnson County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
49.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 17 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 Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 341 | 77.1% | 53.2% |
| Heritage Elementary School Grayson | 336 | 77.1% | 40.2% |
| Dawson Springs Elementary Dawson Springs | 342 | 78.4% | 36.2% |
| Rosspoint Elementary School Baxter | 369 | 77.2% | 51.4% |
| Letcher Elementary & Middle School Blackey | 322 | 76.1% | 36.3% |
| Warfield Elementary School Warfield | 332 | 74.4% | 39.7% |
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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #181 of 669 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #241 of 668 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #181 of 674 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #518 of 744 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #39 of 674 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #570 of 674 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #156 of 721 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #105 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
341
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 341 | 28.7 | 11.9:1 | 77% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 28.5 | 11.8:1 | 77% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 26.6 | 12.7:1 | 69% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 76% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 24.4 | 17.6:1 | 83% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 19 | 18.0:1 | 78% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 65% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 15 | 20.0:1 | 75% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (428 to 341); teachers up 18% (24.4 to 28.7).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Paintsville, Kentucky. Enrollment totals 341 students across pre-K through 6.
Johnson County operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,292 students.
The share of students at Central Elementary School who are White is 94%. Other groups make up 4% multiracial. Johnson County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Central Elementary School are from different groups.
The school's 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky have an average ratio of 15.4:1. At Central Elementary School, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Johnson County report 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
Test results at Central Elementary School are 16.8 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.2%, compared with a predicted 36.4%, which ranks in the top 10% in Kentucky.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Johnson County show that the median household earns about $44,904 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Johnson County has 14 public schools with about 4,044 students, including Central Elementary School.
Paintsville High School is about 1.5 miles from Central Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Central Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Central Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Central Elementary School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Central Elementary School enrolled 364 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 341. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.0:1 to 11.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Central Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,334
Census ACS
Median income
$44,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnson County
- Johnson Central High SchoolHigh · 888 students
- Johnson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- Porter Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- W R Castle Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Flat Gap Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
Other schools in Paintsville
- Johnson Central High SchoolHigh · 888 students
- Johnson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
- Paintsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Paintsville High SchoolHigh · 318 students
- Johnson County Eagle AcademyCombined · 160 students
- Kentucky TECH - Mayo Regional Tech CtrHigh
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 92nd largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolBenton, KY · 480 students
- Central Elementary SchoolBarbourville, KY · 313 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
- Central ElementaryBanning, CA · 782 students
Nearby schools
- Paintsville High School1.5 mi · 318
- Paintsville Elementary School1.6 mi · 434
- Johnson County Middle School2.1 mi · 449
- Johnson Central High School2.2 mi · 888
- Johnson County Eagle Academy2.2 mi · 160
- Highland Elementary School3.2 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Central Elementary School serve?
Central Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Central Elementary School have?
Central Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School is overseen by Johnson County in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.