Mason-Corinth Elementary

Mason-Corinth Elementary operates as a close-knit K-5 school in Williamstown, Kentucky, overseen by Grant County. Current enrollment sits at 299 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Mason-Corinth Elementary sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Mason-Corinth Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Grant County, a district that serves 3,216 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mason-Corinth Elementary logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Grant County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 74% 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), Mason-Corinth Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Grant County shows median household earnings sit near $69,178, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mason-Corinth Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 4,075 students).

Williamstown Jr. High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Mason-Corinth Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mason-Corinth Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 299 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Mason-Corinth Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.