Best Elementary Schools in Kentucky for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kentucky!

Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kentucky test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KSA test scores by the Kentucky Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 279)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
210588002037	1	Whitley County East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	13781 Hwy 92E	Williamsburg	40769	Whitley County	Whitley County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 549-7097	267	20	13.3	85.0%	262 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$17,402	$2,376	$1,278	$3,654	$10,361	$1,951	$12,311	99.6%	97.2%	2.42%
210123000248	2	Burning Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9847 N Hwy 421	Manchester	40962	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 598-3138	303	20	15	78.9%	297 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$14,975	$2,609	$551	$3,159	$8,902	$1,866	$10,768	99.3%	99.4%	0.13%
210254000532	3	Black Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1555 Hwy 215	Evarts	40828	Harlan County	Harlan County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 837-2214	280	23	12.4	88.6%	261 (93.2%)	7 (2.5%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$20,312	$2,930	$1,582	$4,512	$10,345	$2,697	$13,042	98.9%	64.4%	34.55%
210315002235	4	Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 KY 3439d	Barbourville	40906	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 645-2832	362	32	11.4	86.7%	325 (89.8%)	11 (3.0%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.4%)	$15,089	$2,772	$1,016	$3,788	$9,522	$1,595	$11,117	98.6%	89.5%	9.08%
210315000843	5	Flat Lick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Kentucky 3085	Flat Lick	40935	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 645-2836	190	17	11	86.3%	187 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,119	$2,752	$1,099	$3,852	$10,314	$1,932	$12,246	98.2%	81.3%	16.89%
210254000541	6	James A. Cawood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	279 Ball Park Rd	Harlan	40831	Harlan County	Harlan County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 573-5029	307	26	11.6	85.3%	298 (97.1%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,744	$3,528	$1,554	$5,082	$9,319	$2,625	$11,944	97.8%	71.1%	26.75%
210399002451	7	Pine Knot Intermediate	Public	3-5	6519 S Hwy 1651	Pine Knot	42635	McCreary County	McCreary County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 354-2511	825	60	13.6	85.5%	789 (95.6%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.4%)	$14,726	$1,972	$737	$2,709	$11,297	$2,582	$13,778	97.5%	79.0%	18.51%
210588002048	8	Whitley Central Intermediate School	Public	3-6	2940 North Highway 25W	Williamsburg	40769	Whitley County	Whitley County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 549-8011	454	33	13.7	71.6%	432 (95.2%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	$14,216	$1,796	$1,061	$2,858	$8,619	$1,494	$10,113	97.1%	90.7%	6.48%
210375000958	9	Salyersville Grade School	Public	PK, KG-6	204 Hornet Drive	Salyersville	41465	Magoffin County	Magoffin County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 349-3411	499	33	15.1	78.2%	482 (96.6%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$13,694	$2,980	$402	$3,331	$6,606	$1,787	$8,445	96.8%	42.0%	54.73%
210420001055	10	Tompkinsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	420 Elementary School Rd	Tompkinsville	42167	Monroe County	Monroe County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 487-6472	371	30	12.3	69.3%	306 (82.5%)	22 (5.9%)	32 (8.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$19,552	$2,827	$1,730	$4,557	$11,097	$3,898	$14,995	96.4%	94.6%	1.82%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.