Heritage Elementary School

Heritage Elementary School is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Grayson, Kentucky, operated by Carter County, works with 336 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 421.

Carter County comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,980 students; Heritage Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Heritage Elementary School logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Carter County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 77% of students at Heritage Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Carter County (around 65%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Heritage Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Carter County) shows that median household income runs about $51,235, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Carter County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,980 students), of which Heritage Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Carter County High School, around 4.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Heritage Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heritage Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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