Crabbe Elementary School

Crabbe Elementary School, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Ashland, Kentucky, part of Ashland Independent, educates 270 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Crabbe Elementary School sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Crabbe Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Ashland Independent, a district that caters to 3,083 students overall.

Demographically, Crabbe Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Boyd County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Crabbe Elementary School logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Boyd County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Crabbe Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of +5.7 points.

In the broader community, Boyd County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,118, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Boyd County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,634 students), Crabbe Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Raceland-Worthington Schools Campus A, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crabbe Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Crabbe Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 277 (now 270). Class-load math has loosened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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