Greysbranch Elementary School

Located at 1487 Ohio River Road, in Greenup, Kentucky, Greysbranch Elementary School is a small elementary-level community that educates 278 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Greenup County. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Greenup County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,509 students. Greysbranch Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Greysbranch Elementary School lists that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Greenup County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Greysbranch Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Greenup County put the typical household earns roughly $60,751 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Greenup County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,653 students), Greysbranch Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Greenup County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Greysbranch Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Greysbranch Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greysbranch Elementary School has ticked down 22%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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