Best Public Schools in Providence, KY

Summary:

The city of Providence, Kentucky has only one public elementary school, Providence Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with 290 students. The school's performance has been consistently below the Webster County and Kentucky state averages on state assessments in both mathematics and reading, ranking 610 out of 685 Kentucky elementary schools for the 2023-2024 school year with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Providence Elementary School faces significant challenges, including a high rate of free/reduced lunch recipients at 75.86% in 2022-2023, indicating a predominantly low-income student population. The school's spending per student was $7,867 in the 2018-2019 school year, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.1 for the 2022-2023 school year. The school's statewide ranking has also declined from 408 out of 687 Kentucky elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 610 out of 685 in 2023-2024, suggesting a relative decline in performance compared to other schools in the state.

The data highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes and overall school quality at Providence Elementary School. The consistently low academic performance, high poverty rates, and declining statewide ranking suggest that the school may benefit from additional resources and strategies to address the unique challenges it faces in providing a quality education to its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				KSA Mathematics (2024)				KSA Reading (2024)				KSA Writing (2024)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th 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
Providence Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	470 S Broadway	Providence	42450	Webster County	Webster County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 667-7041	285	16	17.8	74.4%	229 (80.4%)	23 (8.1%)	6 (2.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.4%)	13.5	610^th of 685 public elementary schools	10.9%		40.8	408^th of 687 public elementary schools	40.6%	202	16.0	25.0	7.0	35.0	27.0	32.0	25.0	39.0	21.0	29.0	$14,418	$2,002	$608	$2,610	$9,934	$1,874	$11,808

Cities Near Providence

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clay	6.17 mi	1	229^th
Nebo	7.07 mi	1	191^st
Dixon	7.1 mi	4	192^nd
Madisonville	14.25 mi	14	115^th
Hanson	15.22 mi	1	10^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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