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If you could change one rule at Owsley County Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OWSLEY COUNTY·NCES 210462001142
Owsley County Elementary School
372 Kentucky 28, Booneville, KY 41314 · (606) 593-5186 · Owsley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
305 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 122 | 28% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Owsley County Elementary School→Owsley County High School
Based on grade levels within Owsley County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
23.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
11.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Owsley County Elementary School
Owsley County Elementary School's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owsley County Elementary School this school | 436 | 70.0% | 16.9% |
| Lewis County Central Elementary School Vanceburg | 466 | 69.3% | 35.9% |
| Rodburn Elementary School Morehead | 419 | 71.4% | 40.8% |
| Estill Springs Elementary Irvine | 475 | 69.9% | 39.1% |
| Whitley Central Intermediate School Williamsburg | 456 | 71.3% | 63.9% |
| Hindman Elementary School Hindman | 434 | 71.2% | 44.0% |
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 Owsley County Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #650 of 669 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #661 of 668 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #643 of 674 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #362 of 744 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #19 of 674 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #599 of 674 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #282 of 721 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #145 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
436
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 436 | 38.9 | 11.2:1 | 70% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 42.5 | 10.0:1 | 74% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 42 | 9.8:1 | 73% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 81% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 75% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 81% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 80% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | 99% (464) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 32 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Owsley County Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (527 to 436); teachers down 14% (45 to 38.9).
About Owsley County Elementary School
Owsley County Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Booneville, Kentucky. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 436 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Owsley County totals 727 students.
Owsley County Elementary School is 95% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 2% Black. That is in line with Owsley County, where about 96% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Owsley County Elementary School scores 9%.
Its ratio of 11.2:1 is based on 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Owsley County, the average is 81%.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Owsley County Elementary School outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Owsley County Elementary School would score about 39.1%. It scores 16.9%, a bottom-10% result among Kentucky schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Owsley County show the median household earns about $22,188 a year, roughly 7% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 40% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Owsley County Elementary School, Owsley County has 2 public schools.
Owsley County High School is the nearest public school to Owsley County Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Owsley County Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within ten miles. Owsley County Elementary School comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Owsley County Elementary School as Rural: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 439 to 436.
The discussion board for Owsley County Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Owsley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,971
Census ACS
Median income
$22,188
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
40%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
727 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Booneville
- Owsley County High SchoolHigh · 291 students
- Highland-Turner Elementary SchoolElementary · 184 students
Nearby schools
- Owsley County High School0.3 mi · 291
- Lee County Elementary School5.9 mi · 468
- Lee County Middle High School7.7 mi · 422
- Highland-Turner Elementary School10.2 mi · 184
- Buckhorn School13.9 mi · 320
- Oneida Elementary School14.0 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Owsley County Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Owsley County Elementary School?
Owsley County Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Owsley County Elementary School serve?
Owsley County Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Owsley County Elementary School have?
Owsley County Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Owsley County Elementary School?
Student demographics at Owsley County Elementary School are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Owsley County Elementary School?
Owsley County Elementary School is overseen by Owsley County in Owsley County.
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