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Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in London, Kentucky, one of the schools within Laurel County, with 388 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Laurel County, a district that enrolls 8,676 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 95% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of +10.7 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Laurel County put median household income runs about $57,771, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Laurel County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,220 students), Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Sublimity Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.5%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 388). The White share of enrollment declined from 91% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.
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Laurel County at a glance
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