Wallins Elementary School

Summary:

Wallins Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Wallins Creek, Kentucky, with 386 students. The school is part of the Harlan County School District, which is ranked 25th out of 159 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, Wallins Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kentucky elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 474 out of 685 schools.

One of the school's strengths is its support for special education students, as Wallins Elementary consistently ranks in the top 15% of Kentucky elementary schools for this student group. However, the school struggles with its overall academic performance, particularly in math and reading proficiency, where it lags behind the Harlan County and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 46% of 3rd graders were proficient in math, compared to 57% in Harlan County and 43% statewide. The school also serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 80-84% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch over the past three years.

Compared to nearby schools, Black Mountain Elementary, Evarts Elementary, and Cawood Elementary have higher proficiency rates and rankings, while Right Fork School Center lags behind Wallins Elementary. Despite these challenges, Wallins Elementary's strong support for special education students and potential in the early grades, such as 3rd grade math and reading proficiency rates closer to the county and state averages, suggest opportunities for growth and improvement if the right strategies and resources can be implemented.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 993 Hwy 219
       Wallins Creek, KY  40873


(606) 664-3444

District: Harlan County

SchoolDigger Rank:
474th of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,928 Help


Students who attend Wallins Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Harlan County High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.0 Help
Number of students:  359

Racial breakdown:

White:
98.3%
Hispanic:
0.8%
Two or more races:
0.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  83.3% Help


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Compare Details Wallins Elementary School ranks worse than 69.2% of elementary schools in Kentucky. It also ranks last among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Harlan County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.63. (See more...)
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Compare Details Wallins Elementary School ranks better than 77.8% of middle schools in Kentucky. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.16. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (98.3%), Hispanic (0.8%), two or more races (0.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 83.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Wallins Elementary School is 13, which is the 4th best among 8 elementary schools in the Harlan County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Wallins Elementary School is $17,928. 6 elementary schools in the Harlan County School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Wallins Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Wallins Elementary School 474th of 685 Kentucky public elementary schools. (See Wallins Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Male students:
White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Wallins Elementary School 72nd of 324 Kentucky public middle schools. (See Wallins Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Harlan County:

SchoolDigger ranks Harlan County 25th of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Wallins Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 61.27 241st 638 62.2%
2008 68.80 189th 651 71.0%
2009 39.70 447th 658 32.1%
2010 38.66 473rd 683 30.7%
2011 46.62 401st 688 41.7%
2012 29.19 566th 713 20.6%
2013 18.98 651st 719 9.5%
2014 54.06 318th 705 54.9%
2015 36.06 496th 698 28.9%
2016 24.79 581st 690 15.8%
2017 39.23 465th 694 33.0%
2018 44.96 399th 691 42.3%
2019 46.41 407th 700 41.9%
2022 39.03 418th 684 38.9%
2023 26.11 527th 687 23.3%
2024 32.63 474th 685 30.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.25 576th 661 12.9%
2023 81.24 32nd 257 87.5%
2024 82.25 38th 279 86.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.08 279th 631 55.8%
2019 60.15 230th 664 65.4%
2022 50.81 292nd 667 56.2%
2023 38.32 410th 670 38.8%
2024 40.79 399th 665 40.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.43 25th 40 37.5%
2022 53.73 8th 17 52.9%
2023 41.36 12th 18 33.3%
2024 49.50 9th 18 50.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.91 480th 663 27.6%
2019 42.06 444th 671 33.8%
2022 43.24 356th 641 44.5%
2023 12.39 600th 639 6.1%
2024 29.21 486th 644 24.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.39 9th 445 98.0%
2019 94.01 23rd 474 95.1%
2022 86.77 15th 206 92.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.20 280th 665 57.9%
2019 50.72 345th 676 49.0%
2022 60.12 201st 657 69.4%
2023 46.27 346th 652 46.9%
2024 37.23 419th 652 35.7%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.41 452nd 593 23.8%
2019 34.72 434th 592 26.7%
2022 32.44 451st 656 31.3%
2023 19.35 570th 658 13.4%
2024 23.72 532nd 659 19.3%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Wallins Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 40.85 169th 284 40.5%
2008 62.38 98th 287 65.9%
2009 61.54 104th 289 64.0%
2010 65.73 95th 299 68.2%
2011 67.62 94th 304 69.1%
2012 41.76 194th 319 39.2%
2013 49.67 169th 335 49.6%
2014 70.42 68th 335 79.7%
2015 60.90 114th 337 66.2%
2016 53.00 151st 331 54.4%
2017 57.87 127th 330 61.5%
2018 48.48 159th 322 50.6%
2019 55.09 140th 335 58.2%
2021 29.45 205th 282 27.3%
2022 58.60 104th 320 67.5%
2023 40.68 190th 327 41.9%
2024 71.16 72nd 324 77.8%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 16.33 266th 294 9.5%
2023 93.34 6th 124 95.2%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.87 72nd 285 74.7%
2019 69.38 52nd 303 82.8%
2021 34.27 146th 224 34.8%
2022 70.46 56th 310 81.9%
2023 60.62 102nd 309 67.0%
2024 80.03 28th 311 91.0%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 89.93 2nd 58 96.6%
2022 93.53 1st 22 95.5%
2023 45.94 12th 21 42.9%
2024 75.18 8th 28 71.4%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.43 214th 290 26.2%
2019 40.80 195th 299 34.8%
2022 39.28 184th 299 38.5%
2023 35.17 198th 295 32.9%
2024 48.19 152nd 300 49.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.29 112th 293 61.8%
2019 63.90 88th 303 71.0%
2022 74.71 48th 304 84.2%
2023 56.60 119th 307 61.2%
2024 77.67 43rd 304 85.9%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Wallins Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.18 216th 266 18.8%
2022 51.17 133rd 314 57.6%
2023 35.00 212th 320 33.8%
2024 66.30 83rd 316 73.7%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Wallins Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 517 1 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 521
1989 489 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 491
1990 461 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 462
1991 474 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 475
1992 502 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 21 523
1993 514 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1994 484 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 488
1995 493 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 495
1996 493 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 495
1997 520 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 521
1998 499 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 499
1999 493 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 493
2000 471 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 471
2001 477 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 478
2002 454 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 456
2003 454 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 456
2004 474 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 476
2005 440 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 442
2006 424 2 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 427
2007 450 2 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 454
2008 424 6 0 4 0 n/a n/a 1 435
2009 399 9 0 5 0 n/a n/a 2 415
2010 396 9 0 4 0 n/a n/a 1 410
2011 432 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 446
2012 420 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 431
2013 426 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 433
2014 442 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 451
2015 436 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 442
2016 426 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 432
2017 437 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 444
2018 419 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 426
2019 414 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 422
2020 447 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 454
2021 406 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 415
2022 371 0 1 7 0 1 3 0 383
2023 382 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 386
2024 353 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 359

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Wallins Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 521 31.0 16.8 n/a
1989 491 31.0 15.8 n/a
1990 462 28.3 16.3 n/a
1991 475 29.1 16.3 n/a
1992 523 33.2 15.7 n/a
1993 515 34.0 15.1 n/a
1994 488 32.8 14.9 n/a
1995 495 34.9 14.2 n/a
1996 495 34.9 14.2 n/a
1997 521 34.4 15.1 71.2
1998 499 33.1 15.1 74.5
1999 493 26.5 18.6 82.4
2000 471 24.8 19.0 81.5
2001 478 26.9 17.8 80.3
2002 456 31.0 14.7 99.3
2003 456 31.0 14.7 99.3
2004 476 34.8 13.7 n/a
2005 442 34.6 12.8 n/a
2006 427 29.6 14.4 84.3
2007 454 27.0 16.8 74
2008 435 28.1 15.5 77.6
2009 415 28.1 14.8 73.1
2010 410 18.0 22.7 72.9
2011 446 26.2 17.0 71.7
2012 431 26.2 16.4 52.4
2013 433 25.0 17.3 73.2
2014 451 25.3 17.7 79.6
2015 442 24.0 18.4 81.2
2016 432 27.0 16.0 79.2
2017 444 25.4 17.4 84.2
2018 426 26.5 16.0 84
2019 422 27.6 15.2 79.6
2020 454 25.7 17.6 81.7
2021 415 26.5 15.6 84.1
2022 383 27.5 13.9 80.2
2023 386 26.5 14.5 82.9
2024 359 27.5 13.0 83.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Wallins Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 521 31.0 16.8 n/a
1989 491 31.0 15.8 n/a
1990 462 28.3 16.3 n/a
1991 475 29.1 16.3 n/a
1992 523 33.2 15.7 n/a
1993 515 34.0 15.1 n/a
1994 488 32.8 14.9 n/a
1995 495 34.9 14.2 n/a
1996 495 34.9 14.2 n/a
1997 521 34.4 15.1 71.2
1998 499 33.1 15.1 74.5
1999 493 26.5 18.6 82.4
2000 471 24.8 19.0 81.5
2001 478 26.9 17.8 80.3
2002 456 31.0 14.7 99.3
2003 456 31.0 14.7 99.3
2004 476 34.8 13.7 n/a
2005 442 34.6 12.8 n/a
2006 427 29.6 14.4 84.3
2007 454 27.0 16.8 74
2008 435 28.1 15.5 77.6
2009 415 28.1 14.8 73.1
2010 410 18.0 22.7 72.9
2011 446 26.2 17.0 71.7
2012 431 26.2 16.4 52.4
2013 433 25.0 17.3 73.2
2014 451 25.3 17.7 79.6
2015 442 24.0 18.4 81.2
2016 432 27.0 16.0 79.2
2017 444 25.4 17.4 84.2
2018 426 26.5 16.0 84
2019 422 27.6 15.2 79.6
2020 454 25.7 17.6 81.7
2021 415 26.5 15.6 84.1
2022 383 27.5 13.9 80.2
2023 386 26.5 14.5 82.9
2024 359 27.5 13.0 83.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Wallins Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $952 (7.7%) $90 (0.7%) $1,042 (8.4%) $8,144 (65.5%) $2,025 (16.3%) $10,169 (81.8%) $12,431
2019 $1,094 (8.5%) $167 (1.3%) $1,261 (9.8%) $8,342 (64.9%) $1,831 (14.2%) $10,173 (79.1%) $12,854
2020 $863 (6.3%) $248 (1.8%) $1,110 (8.1%) $7,828 (57.1%) $2,002 (14.6%) $9,829 (71.7%) $13,716
2021 $997 (6.4%) $918 (5.9%) $1,915 (12.2%) $8,433 (53.9%) $2,150 (13.7%) $10,583 (67.7%) $15,637
2022 $2,425 (13.5%) $1,581 (8.8%) $4,006 (22.3%) $8,877 (49.5%) $2,346 (13.1%) $11,223 (62.6%) $17,928

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Wallins Elementary School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 407th of 700 Elementary schoolsRanks 527th of 687 Elementary schools
 18.6%
Ranks 140th of 335 Middle schoolsRanks 190th of 327 Middle schools
 16.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students422386
 8.5%
African American00
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic82
 75%
Pacific Islander00
White414382
 7.7%
Two or More Races02
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients79.6%82.9%
 3.3%


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Students at Wallins Elementary School are 98% White.

Students who attend Wallins Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Harlan County High School

Wallins Elementary School ranks 474th of 685 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 359 students attended Wallins Elementary School.


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