Best Elementary Schools in Kentucky for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 140)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
210299000687	1	Norton Elementary	Public	K-5	8101 Brownsboro Road	Louisville	40241	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(502) 485-8308	734	44	16.7	22.8%	424 (57.8%)	95 (12.9%)	51 (6.9%)	108 (14.7%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	47 (6.4%)	$17,548	$2,047	$1,336	$3,383	$11,712	$1,313	$13,025	99.3%	99.3%	0.02%
210135000275	2	Glenn O Swing Elementary	Public	K-5	501 W 19th St	Covington	41014	Kenton County	Covington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-5821	407	29	14	78.4%	149 (36.6%)	93 (22.9%)	88 (21.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	74 (18.2%)	$17,400	$2,030	$1,234	$3,264	$11,173	$2,092	$13,265	98.6%	78.4%	20.18%
210299000629	3	Greathouse/Shryock Traditional	Public, Magnet	K-5	2700 Browns Lane	Louisville	40220	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	Yes	No	No	(502) 485-8259	606	31	19.3	21.8%	238 (39.3%)	103 (17.0%)	18 (3.0%)	211 (34.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.9%)	$16,376	$2,114	$1,374	$3,488	$10,259	$1,361	$11,620	97.9%	99.7%	1.85%
210249000524	4	Vine Grove Elementary School	Public	1-5	309 First St	Vine Grove	40175	Hardin County	Hardin County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 877-5410	511	32	15.9	50.1%	323 (63.2%)	53 (10.4%)	50 (9.8%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	70 (13.7%)	$22,012	$1,390	$872	$2,267	$16,925	$2,821	$19,745	97.1%	76.8%	20.35%
210186000387	5	Meadowthorpe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1710 N. Forbes Rd	Lexington	40511	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3521	480	37	13	48.8%	211 (44.0%)	114 (23.8%)	69 (14.4%)	48 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.9%)	$19,415	$1,424	$531	$1,956	$13,364	$2,212	$15,576	96.4%	91.8%	4.60%
210051002522	6	Steeplechase Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	472 Chambers Road	Walton	41094	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 485-3500	566	39	14.5	64.1%	323 (57.1%)	110 (19.4%)	79 (14.0%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.3%)	$12,227	$582	$1,030	$1,612	$9,406	$1,210	$10,615	95.7%	64.7%	31.04%
210186000359	7	Cassidy Elementary School	Public	K-5	1125 Tates Creek Road	Lexington	40502	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-3018	654	47	13.9	28.1%	474 (72.5%)	64 (9.8%)	50 (7.6%)	27 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.0%)	$17,856	$1,410	$373	$1,783	$12,014	$2,175	$14,189	95.0%	98.7%	3.69%
210465001152	8	Morgan Elementary School	Public	K-5	2200 S 28th St	Paducah	42003	McCracken County	Paducah Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 444-5760	380	29	13.2	89.2%	120 (31.6%)	157 (41.3%)	31 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (18.9%)	$33,079	$2,451	$2,004	$4,506	$20,287	$4,331	$24,954	94.3%	67.6%	26.69%
210051000089	9	Ockerman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8250 Us 42	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 282-4620	777	53	14.6	58.8%	404 (52.0%)	68 (8.8%)	244 (31.4%)	16 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	38 (4.9%)	$11,266	$824	$1,007	$1,831	$8,737	$699	$9,436	93.6%	27.7%	65.83%
210186000360	10	Deep Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1919 Brynell Drive	Lexington	40505	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3069	520	44	11.9	70.8%	152 (29.2%)	163 (31.3%)	165 (31.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.3%)	$19,117	$1,644	$558	$2,201	$12,638	$2,255	$14,893	92.9%	24.5%	68.33%

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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.