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)
210402001025	361	Livermore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Eighth St	Livermore	42352	McLean County	McLean County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 278-2522	227	21	10.5	64.3%	208 (91.6%)	3 (1.3%)	10 (4.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$16,858	$2,157	$319	$2,476	$10,800	$2,229	$13,028	45.8	36.9	439	78
210312002233	362	Cordia School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6050 Lotts Creek Road	Hazard	41701	Perry County	Knott County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 785-4457	183	17	10.7	81.4%	177 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$16,277	$2,859	$1,681	$4,540	$9,046	$2,691	$11,737	45.7	65.3	200	162
210115000231	363	Pembroke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1600 Pembroke-Oak Grove Rd	Pembroke	42266	Christian County	Christian County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 887-7290	660	42	15.7	63.8%	304 (46.1%)	159 (24.1%)	119 (18.0%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (10.3%)	$11,287	$1,520	$440	$1,959	$7,408	$1,804	$9,212	45.7	47.1	360	3
210048000077	364	Berea Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2 Pirate Pkwy	Berea	40403	Madison County	Berea Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 986-4065	503	39	12.9	68.6%	424 (84.3%)	18 (3.6%)	18 (3.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	35 (7.0%)	$11,924	$4,780	$4,213	$4,816	$11,839	$4,369	$11,857	45.5	14.3	620	256
210396002419	365	Reidland Intermediate School	Public	4-5	5349 Benton Road	Paducah	42003	McCracken County	McCracken County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 538-4210	222	15	15.1	68.0%	181 (81.5%)	10 (4.5%)	19 (8.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	$16,340	$1,510	$627	$2,285	$12,110	$2,902	$15,013	45.4	52.9	307	58
210486002393	366	Pineville Independent School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	401 Virginia Avenue	Pineville	40977	Bell County	Pineville Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 337-5701	577	39	14.8	77.1%	550 (95.3%)	12 (2.1%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	$15,404	$1,776	$1,469	$3,245	$8,316	$2,738	$11,054	45.4	36.4	445	79
210372000950	367	Silver Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	75 Old US 25 N	Berea	40403	Madison County	Madison County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 387-3200	512	33	15.3	58.6%	461 (90.0%)	6 (1.2%)	19 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$16,048	$1,400	$364	$1,764	$8,824	$1,829	$10,652	45.4	50.7	328	39
210498001241	368	Raceland-Worthington Middle School	Public	3-8	502 Rams Blvd.	Raceland	41169	Greenup County	Raceland-Worthington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 836-8014	447	21	21.1	48.8%	429 (96.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$10,617	$699	$1,180	$1,881	$6,839	$1,815	$8,737	45.3	51.3	321	47
210303000798	369	Nicholasville Elementary School	Public	1-5	414 W Maple St	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-5351	455	39	11.5	62.4%	354 (77.8%)	29 (6.4%)	29 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.4%)	$16,997	$2,002	$508	$2,510	$12,164	$1,911	$14,075	45.1	44.5	379	10
210230000483	370	H W Wilkey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	130 Wallace Ave	Leitchfield	42754	Grayson County	Grayson County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 259-4058	525	33	15.7	71.8%	475 (90.5%)	4 (0.8%)	21 (4.0%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$25,463	$2,034	$1,322	$3,355	$18,069	$4,038	$22,108	44.9	41.5	399	29

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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.