Payneville Elementary School

Set in Payneville, Kentucky, Payneville Elementary School is an intimate primary school, one of the schools within Meade County. It hosts 265 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Across the 9 schools in Meade County (4,921 students total), Payneville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Payneville Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Payneville Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Payneville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 47.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Meade County) records that median household income runs about $74,355, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Payneville Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Meade County (combined enrollment of about 5,001 students).

James R. Allen High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Payneville Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.8%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Payneville Elementary School has climbed 14%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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