Best Elementary Schools in Kentucky

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 685)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
210174000338	581	Miles Elementary School	Public	K-5	208 Sunset Ave	Erlanger	41018	Kenton County	Erlanger-Elsmere Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 727-2231	230	17	13.5	49.6%	170 (73.9%)	16 (7.0%)	31 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.7%)	$17,204	$2,004	$1,141	$3,145	$9,994	$1,561	$11,555	18	23.7	540	41
210135000274	582	Ninth District Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 Indiana Ave	Covington	41015	Kenton County	Covington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-5823	341	30	11.3	87.1%	105 (30.8%)	123 (36.1%)	51 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (18.2%)	$18,124	$1,627	$1,671	$3,298	$11,699	$2,102	$13,801	18	5.2	673	91
210532002491	583	Marnel C. Moorman School	Public	K-8	501 Discovery Boulevard	Shelbyville	40065	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 647-0204	765	49	15.6	50.2%	410 (53.6%)	54 (7.1%)	237 (31.0%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.3%)	$13,162	$1,020	$332	$1,351	$8,567	$1,519	$10,085	17.8	19	577	6
210299000654	584	Coral Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10608 National Turnpike	Fairdale	40118	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8234	556	40	14	62.8%	318 (57.2%)	68 (12.2%)	135 (24.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	$19,389	$2,680	$1,228	$3,908	$14,335	$1,336	$15,671	17.4	22.9	547	37
210030000051	585	Park City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	45 Indian Mill Rd	Park City	42160	Barren County	Barren County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 749-5665	382	25	15.2	70.2%	324 (84.8%)	10 (2.6%)	24 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.0%)	$17,244	$1,897	$1,114	$4,766	$15,264	$2,016	$8,176	17.4	19.7	574	11
210354001544	586	Chandlers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6000 Morgantown Rd	Russellville	42276	Logan County	Logan County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 542-4139	445	29	15.3	57.3%	410 (92.1%)	8 (1.8%)	17 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$13,097	$1,781	$838	$2,619	$9,528	$2,443	$11,971	16.9	16.7	601	15
210299000696	587	Johnsontown Road Elementary	Public	K-5	7201 Johnsontown Rd	Louisville	40272	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8278	299	24	12.4	83.3%	137 (45.8%)	100 (33.4%)	33 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (9.0%)	$23,467	$3,506	$1,285	$4,791	$15,959	$1,577	$17,536	16.9	31.6	479	108
210471001157	588	Paris Elementary School	Public	K-5	1481 S Main St	Paris	40361	Bourbon County	Paris Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 987-2166	307	24	13	78.5%	183 (59.6%)	42 (13.7%)	40 (13.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (12.7%)	$12,635	$3,470	$3,011	$5,498	$9,309	$4,308	$12,635	16.8	17.6	591	3
210299000675	589	Dixie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10201 Casalanda Dr	Louisville	40272	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8238	333	22	15.3	81.1%	127 (38.1%)	122 (36.6%)	50 (15.0%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	24 (7.2%)	$22,213	$4,063	$1,250	$5,313	$14,012	$1,433	$15,445	16.8	9.3	651	62
210408002531	590	Menifee Central School	Public	PK, KG-8	359 Wynn Flat Road	Frenchburg	40322	Menifee County	Menifee County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 768-8402	662	50	13.2	82.0%	637 (96.2%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	$20,583	$2,556	$845	$3,401	$11,086	$3,341	$14,427	16.6	18.2	586	4

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KSA Mathematics, KSA Reading, KSA Science, KSA Writing, KSA Social Studies, KSA Editing and Mechanics test scores released by the Kentucky Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kentucky Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education.
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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.