Lyon County Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Eddyville, Kentucky, Lyon County Elementary School works with 485 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Lyon County.

Within Lyon County, which oversees 3 schools and 987 students, Lyon County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lyon County Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Lyon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lyon County Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Lyon County Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lyon County Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lyon County put median household income runs about $65,066, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Lyon County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 987 students), of which Lyon County Elementary School is one.

Lyon County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lyon County Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lyon County Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyon County Elementary School has grew 5%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 485 in 2025.

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