Potter Gray Elementary

Potter Gray Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Bowling Green, Kentucky, overseen by Bowling Green Independent. Current enrollment sits at 499 students spanning grades K through 5.

Bowling Green Independent runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,765 students. Potter Gray Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Potter Gray Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Warren County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Warren County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Potter Gray Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 57.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household income runs about $65,794, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Potter Gray Elementary is one of 45 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 23,324 students).

Briarwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Potter Gray Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.8%.

Potter Gray Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 12%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.