West Perry Elementary School

Set in Hazard, Kentucky, West Perry Elementary School is a large elementary campus, run under Perry County. It hosts 743 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 76% bigger than the state mean of about 421.

Perry County runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,416 students. West Perry Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West Perry Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That composition is broadly in line with Perry County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Perry County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Perry Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 53.5%, a residual of +17.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Perry County put median household income runs about $42,181, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. In all, Perry County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,432 students), of which West Perry Elementary School is one.

Perry County Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Perry Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Perry Elementary School has shrank 12%, going from 844 students in 2018 to 743 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.