Russell Primary School

Russell Primary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Russell, Kentucky, operated by Russell Independent, with 494 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2.

Russell Independent comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,053 students; Russell Primary School is among them.

On demographics, Russell Primary School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Russell Primary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Greenup County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,751 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Russell Primary School is one of 17 public schools in Greenup County (combined enrollment of about 5,653 students).

Russell Independent Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 636 students in 2018 compared to 494 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.