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Potter Gray Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
610 Wakefield Dr.
Bowling Green, KY 42103
Phone
(270) 746-2280
District
Bowling Green Independent
County
WARREN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
424
Classroom Teachers
23

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kentucky

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.8% of all KY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Potter Gray Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
61%
45%
63%
46%
58%
43%
61%
45%
63%
46%
58%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
69%
45%
71%
47%
66%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
56%
45%
53%
47%
59%
42%
56%
45%
53%
47%
59%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 70 16.5%
Grade 1 54 12.7%
Grade 2 76 17.9%
Grade 3 76 17.9%
Grade 4 66 15.6%
Grade 5 82 19.3%
Total 424 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.9% 48.7% 76.7%
Black 7.4% 22.9% 11.5%
Hispanic 5.1% 21.1% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.6% 5.6% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 1.8% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 31.6% 66.0% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 30.0% 63.8% 54.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.7% 2.2% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 28,660 4,512,310
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,710.1 114
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.7% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 14.8% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.1% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,435 1,769,102
Single Parent Households With Children 10.1% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.7% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.5% 26.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.8% 12.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.6% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.5% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.7% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.1% 13.6%
$15,000 or less 19.8% 11.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,180 $31,763,000 42.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $608 $2,689,000 3.6%
Staff $583 $2,580,000 3.5%
General Administration $274 $1,214,000 1.6%
School Administration $521 $2,307,000 3.1%
Operation $1,215 $5,373,000 7.2%
Transportation $371 $1,640,000 2.2%
Other $239 $1,058,000 1.4%
Total Support $3,811 $16,861,000 22.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,778 $25,560,000 34.5%
Total Expenditures $16,769 $74,184,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,206 $4,756,220,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $653 $431,000,000 4.7%
Staff $636 $419,649,000 4.6%
General Administration $271 $178,736,000 1.9%
School Administration $732 $482,815,000 5.3%
Operation $986 $650,768,000 7.1%
Transportation $576 $380,254,000 4.1%
Other $356 $235,292,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,210 $2,778,514,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,506 $1,654,224,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,922 $9,188,958,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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