Goose Rock Elementary

Goose Rock Elementary is a close-knit elementary school in Manchester, Kentucky, overseen by Clay County. The school serves 231 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 421.

Clay County comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 2,928 students; Goose Rock Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Goose Rock Elementary shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Goose Rock Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at Goose Rock Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Goose Rock Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.0%; Goose Rock Elementary posts 57.4%, +23.3 points above that line.

Around the school, Clay County reports that the typical household earns roughly $40,900 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 27%. Goose Rock Elementary is one of 11 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 2,928 students).

Paces Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goose Rock Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Goose Rock Elementary's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 231).

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