G R Hampton Elementary School

Located at 60 Ky 3441, in Barbourville, Kentucky, G R Hampton Elementary School is a compact elementary campus that instructs 244 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Knox County. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Knox County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 3,738 students. G R Hampton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, G R Hampton Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, G R Hampton Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, G R Hampton Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.0%; actual is 77.6%, +38.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Knox County put the typical household earns roughly $32,527 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 33% of residents live below the federal poverty line. G R Hampton Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 5,276 students).

Nearest neighbor: Knox Inspire Academy, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts G R Hampton Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. G R Hampton Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 244).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.