Elliott County Intermediate School

Elliott County Intermediate School operates as a cozy primary school in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, run under Elliott County. Current enrollment sits at 185 students spanning grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Elliott County Intermediate School sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Elliott County (892 students total), Elliott County Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Elliott County Intermediate School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Elliott County Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Elliott County Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the broader community, Elliott County reports that the typical household earns roughly $45,776 per year, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elliott County Intermediate School is one of 4 public schools in Elliott County (combined enrollment of about 892 students).

Elliott County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Elliott County Intermediate School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 185 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.