Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LETCHER COUNTY·NCES 210336000901
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School
55 Kona Dr, Whitesburg, KY 41858 · (606) 855-7544 · Letcher County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
184 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
29.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Martha Jane Potter Elementary School
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Jane Potter Elementary School this school | 273 | 67.4% | 31.7% |
| Keavy Elementary School Keavy | 292 | 68.5% | 64.4% |
| Louisa West Elementary School Louisa | 295 | 66.1% | N/A |
| Roundstone Elementary School Mount Vernon | 267 | 69.3% | 44.7% |
| Nancy Elementary School Nancy | 299 | 68.2% | 65.8% |
| Morgan Central Elementary School West Liberty | 285 | 69.1% | 45.5% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Martha Jane Potter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #534 of 669 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #544 of 668 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #521 of 674 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #601 of 744 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #197 of 674 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #625 of 674 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #336 of 721 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.4% | #24 of 437 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
273
-62 (-19%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 273 | 19.6 | 13.9:1 | 67% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 23.6 | 12.2:1 | 73% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 25.9 | 12.4:1 | 66% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 76% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 25.7 | 15.9:1 | 70% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 73% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 66% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 70% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 22 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martha Jane Potter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (410 to 273); teachers down 24% (25.7 to 19.6).
About Martha Jane Potter Elementary School
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is a small elementary school in Kentucky, with an address in Whitesburg. In all, 273 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 35% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky (about 421).
Letcher County has 9 schools and 2,429 students, and Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is one of those schools.
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is 97% White by enrollment. Next come 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Letcher County, where about 97% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 6%.
Based on 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Martha Jane Potter Elementary School has a ratio of 13.9:1. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 1.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 67%. The figure for public schools in Letcher County is close, at 70%.
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is -8.3 points: 31.7% actual, 40.0% predicted.
Census data for Letcher County show median household income comes to about $41,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. The county has 11 public schools and about 2,882 students.
Fleming Neon Middle School is about 2.9 miles from Martha Jane Potter Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Martha Jane Potter Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. The school's 31.7% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Martha Jane Potter Elementary School the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's student count fell 19% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Letcher County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,808
Census ACS
Median income
$41,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,882 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Letcher County
- Letcher County Central High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Letcher Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Cowan Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Whitesburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
- Fleming Neon Middle SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Other schools in Whitesburg
- Letcher County Central High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- West Whitesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Cowan Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Whitesburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
- Letcher County Alternative Education CtrHigh · 2 students
- Letcher County Area Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Fleming Neon Middle School2.9 mi · 131
- Letcher County Central High School3.8 mi · 692
- Letcher County Alternative Education Ctr4.7 mi · 2
- Jenkins Independent School5.3 mi · 453
- Whitesburg Middle School5.9 mi · 191
- West Whitesburg Elementary School5.9 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Martha Jane Potter Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Martha Jane Potter Elementary School?
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
Is Martha Jane Potter Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martha Jane Potter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Martha Jane Potter Elementary School?
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School reports a student body of 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Martha Jane Potter Elementary School public or private?
Martha Jane Potter Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Letcher County.
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