Elementary Schools in Hazard Independent

Summary:

The Hazard Independent school district in Kentucky is home to a single elementary school, Roy G. Eversole Elementary School, which serves students from prekindergarten through 4th grade. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, its academic performance is mixed, with strengths in some subject areas and weaknesses in others.

Roy G. Eversole Elementary School has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 58.35% in 2023-2024, indicating that the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges. The school's per-student spending is $17,528 for the 2023-2024 school year, and its student-teacher ratio is 14.8, slightly lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate is high, at 25% in 2024-2025, which may be a contributing factor to its academic performance.

In terms of academic performance, the school outperformed the state average in 3rd grade reading (54% vs. 47%) and 4th grade science (56% vs. 37%) in 2024-2025, but underperformed in 3rd grade math (45% vs. 43%) and 4th grade math (35% vs. 44%). The school's declining statewide ranking, from 320 out of 685 Kentucky elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 363 out of 687 in 2022-2023, suggests that the school may need to develop targeted strategies to address its areas of weakness and improve overall student achievement.

District Detail

705 Main St
Hazard, KY 41701

(606) 436-3911

SchoolDigger Rank:
31^st of 157 Kentucky districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,016

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)		KSA Reading (2025)		KSA Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Roy G. Eversole Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	601 Broadway	Hazard	41701	Perry County	Hazard Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 436-4721	457	31	14.7	57.8%	408 (89.3%)	18 (3.9%)	14 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	61.9	236^th of 685 public elementary schools	65.5%		52.5	320^th of 685 public elementary schools	53.3%	84	45.0	35.0	54.0	58.0	56.0	$17,528	$2,245	$612	$2,857	$11,806	$3,870	$15,676

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Perry County	3.31 mi	9	37^th
Knott County	4.94 mi	7	63^rd
Leslie County	7.51 mi	5	14^th
Kentucky Technical System	12.36 mi	53
Letcher County	15.09 mi	9	95^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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