Mayfield Elementary School

Mayfield Elementary School operates as a sizable primary school in Mayfield, Kentucky, one of the schools within Mayfield Independent. Current enrollment sits at 987 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 134% larger than the state mean of about 421.

Mayfield Independent comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 2,063 students; Mayfield Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mayfield Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Graves County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mayfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Graves County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $50,772 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Graves County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,969 students), of which Mayfield Elementary School is one.

Mayfield High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mayfield Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mayfield Elementary School has grew 5%, going from 943 students in 2018 to 987 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 16% to 11%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.