Louisa East Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary campus in Louisa, Kentucky, Louisa East Elementary School teaches 512 students from grades 2 through 5, one of the schools within Lawrence County. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Lawrence County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,287 students. Louisa East Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Louisa East Elementary School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Hispanic. Compared to Lawrence County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Louisa East Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Louisa East Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 38.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $46,772 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Louisa East Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 2,287 students).

The closest other public school is Louisa West Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Louisa East Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Louisa East Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 612 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025.

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