Hager Elementary School

As a cozy K-5 school in Ashland, Kentucky, Hager Elementary School instructs 344 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Ashland Independent.

Hager Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Ashland Independent, a district that teaches 3,083 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hager Elementary School shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hager Elementary School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Hager Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hager Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.8%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Boyd County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,118 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Hager Elementary School is one of 25 public schools in Boyd County (combined enrollment of about 6,634 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ashland Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hager Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 39.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 83% across the same window.

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