Painted Stone Elementary

Painted Stone Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Shelbyville, Kentucky, run under Shelby County, hosting 458 students in grades K through 5.

Within Shelby County, which oversees 14 schools and 6,985 students, Painted Stone Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Painted Stone Elementary records that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Painted Stone Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Painted Stone Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.6%; this one comes in at 26.0%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $82,604, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Painted Stone Elementary is one of 16 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 6,985 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shelby County West Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Painted Stone Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Painted Stone Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Painted Stone Elementary has ticked down 13%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 34% to 29% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.