Shirley Mann Elementary School

Shirley Mann Elementary School operates as a substantial elementary school in Union, Kentucky, overseen by Boone County. Current enrollment sits at 710 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 69% larger than typical.

Within Boone County, which oversees 27 schools and 20,514 students, Shirley Mann Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Shirley Mann Elementary School reports that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Boone County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shirley Mann Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 69.7%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,414, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shirley Mann Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

Gray Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shirley Mann Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Shirley Mann Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 775 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 88% to 82% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Shirley Mann Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.