Roy G. Eversole Elementary School

Set in Hazard, Kentucky, Roy G. Eversole Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, part of Hazard Independent. It serves 457 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 3 schools in Hazard Independent (1,016 students total), Roy G. Eversole Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Roy G. Eversole Elementary School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Perry County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Roy G. Eversole Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Perry County shows median household earnings sit near $42,181, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. In all, Perry County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,432 students), of which Roy G. Eversole Elementary School is one.

Hazard Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roy G. Eversole Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Roy G. Eversole Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Roy G. Eversole Elementary School's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 457).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.