Rogers Elementary School

As a very small elementary-level community in Rogers, Kentucky, Rogers Elementary School instructs 127 students from grades K through 6, part of Wolfe County. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

Rogers Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Wolfe County, a district that instructs 1,072 students overall.

On demographics, Rogers Elementary School records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Rogers Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Rogers Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wolfe County indicate median household earnings sit near $30,417, roughly 9% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 31%. In all, Wolfe County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,072 students), of which Rogers Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Success Academy, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rogers Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 151 students in 2018 compared to 127 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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