Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITLEY COUNTY·NCES 210588002037
Whitley County East Elementary School
13781 Hwy 92E, Williamsburg, KY 40769 · (606) 549-7097 · Whitley County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
226 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 50% smaller than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Whitley County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
76.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
72.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+42.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 43 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whitley County East Elementary School
Whitley County East Elementary School's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitley County East Elementary School this school | 268 | 84.3% | 76.6% |
| James A. Cawood Elementary Harlan | 277 | 83.0% | 51.9% |
| Phelps Elementary School Freeburn | 293 | 85.0% | 66.5% |
| Girdler Elementary School Girdler | 267 | 86.9% | 41.4% |
| Crab Orchard Elementary School Crab Orchard | 266 | 86.8% | 38.4% |
| Paces Creek Elementary Manchester | 273 | 86.8% | 57.6% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whitley County East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Whitley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #5 of 669 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #30 of 668 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #15 of 674 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #611 of 744 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #143 of 674 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #637 of 674 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #68 of 721 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #435 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
268
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 268 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 84% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 88% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 85% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 83% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 84% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 89% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 22 | 11.2:1 | 92% (227) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitley County East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (269 to 268); teachers up 11% (18 to 20).
About Whitley County East Elementary School
Whitley County East Elementary School is an elementary school in Williamsburg, Kentucky, reachable at (606) 549-7097. Total enrollment is 268 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Kentucky enroll about 421 students on average.
Across its 11 schools, Whitley County enrolls 4,234 students. Whitley County East Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. Among Whitley County residents, the White share is about 95%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 5, compared with 70 nationally.
Whitley County East Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Whitley County East Elementary School, 84% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 71% average for public schools in Whitley County.
Whitley County East Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
Whitley County East Elementary School scores 42.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 76.6% actual versus 33.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Kentucky schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Whitley County, median household income comes to about $44,615, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county's public schools total 21, with about 7,324 students.
Of the public schools around it, Whitley County East Elementary School is closest to Frakes School Center, about 6.3 miles away. Whitley County East Elementary School has 3 other public schools within ten miles. Local comparison: Whitley County East Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 76.6% versus a 61.1% average.
The NCES locale for Whitley County East Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 268, from 288 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Whitley County East Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Whitley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,920
Census ACS
Median income
$44,615
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitley County
- Whitley County High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Whitley County Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Whitley Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Whitley County Central Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Whitley County North Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Whitley County High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Williamsburg City SchoolCombined · 833 students
- Whitley County Middle SchoolMiddle · 547 students
- Whitley Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Whitley County Central Primary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Frakes School Center6.3 mi · 117
- Pleasant View Elementary School8.9 mi · 229
- G R Hampton Elementary School10.0 mi · 244
- Colonel Academy10.3 mi · 172
- Boston Elementary School10.5 mi · 206
- Whitley County High School10.5 mi · 919
Frequently asked questions
About Whitley County East Elementary SchoolHow large is Whitley County East Elementary School?
Whitley County East Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Whitley County East Elementary School serve?
Whitley County East Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Whitley County East Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Whitley County East Elementary School.
How diverse is Whitley County East Elementary School?
Whitley County East Elementary School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Whitley County East Elementary School public or private?
Whitley County East Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Whitley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.