Jones Fork Elementary School

Jones Fork Elementary School operates as a tiny primary school in Mousie, Kentucky, part of Knott County. Current enrollment sits at 153 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 64% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Across the 7 schools in Knott County (2,048 students total), Jones Fork Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jones Fork Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Jones Fork Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Jones Fork Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Knott County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jones Fork Elementary School 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 34.7%; Jones Fork Elementary School posts 63.3%, +28.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Knott County reports that median household earnings sit near $41,761, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Knott County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,048 students), Jones Fork Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beaver Creek Elementary School, around 5.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jones Fork Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Jones Fork Elementary School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 153). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.