Willis H. Justice Elementary School

Willis H. Justice Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Winchester, Kentucky, part of Clark County. The school teaches 481 students in grades K through 4.

Clark County runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,552 students. Willis H. Justice Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Willis H. Justice Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Willis H. Justice Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 39.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $64,348, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Clark County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,552 students), of which Willis H. Justice Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: William G. Conkwright Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Willis H. Justice Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Willis H. Justice Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 440 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 7% to 2% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.