Dry Ridge Elementary

Dry Ridge Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, overseen by Grant County. The school hosts 400 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Grant County, which oversees 6 schools and 3,216 students, Dry Ridge Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dry Ridge Elementary records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Grant County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dry Ridge Elementary shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Dry Ridge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Dry Ridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 42.7%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,178 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Grant County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,075 students), of which Dry Ridge Elementary is one.

Grant County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dry Ridge Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.8%.

Dry Ridge Elementary operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.