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)
210309000816	131	Piner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2845 Piner Ridge Rd	Morning View	41063	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 356-2155	335	22	15.2	40.6%	306 (91.3%)	5 (1.5%)	11 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$33,094	$719	$438	$1,157	$10,022	$1,476	$11,498	73.7	69.8	156	25
210057000103	132	Potter Gray Elementary	Public	K-5	610 Wakefield Dr.	Bowling Green	42103	Warren County	Bowling Green Independent	No	No	No	No	(270) 746-2280	461	24	18.9	34.9%	337 (73.1%)	39 (8.5%)	21 (4.6%)	20 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	37 (8.0%)	$16,907	$662	$557	$1,219	$9,158	$1,908	$11,065	73.4	79.8	85	47
210573002035	133	Plano Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2650 Plano Rd	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 467-0411	699	38	18.4	41.9%	502 (71.8%)	35 (5.0%)	56 (8.0%)	55 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (7.2%)	$13,879	$865	$1,306	$2,171	$8,127	$1,364	$9,491	73.2	74.9	116	17
210186001584	134	Squires Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3337 Squire Oak Dr.	Lexington	40515	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3002	419	33	12.7	61.6%	192 (45.8%)	87 (20.8%)	87 (20.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	50 (11.9%)	$20,795	$1,793	$422	$2,215	$14,287	$2,245	$16,532	73.2	75.2	115	19
210600000284	135	Southside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Troy Pike	Versailles	40383	Woodford County	Woodford County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 879-4660	593	34	17.2	33.1%	479 (80.8%)	8 (1.3%)	63 (10.6%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.1%)	$13,967	$1,200	$354	$1,556	$927	$1,581	$11,674	73	66.9	185	50
210495001225	136	Burnside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	435 East Lakeshore Drive	Burnside	42519	Pulaski County	Pulaski County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 561-4250	432	32	13.6	86.1%	401 (92.8%)	4 (0.9%)	13 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$14,825	$912	$818	$1,757	$10,244	$2,292	$12,536	72.9	66.4	189	53
210459001135	137	Newton Parrish Elementary School	Public	K-5	510 Byers Ave	Owensboro	42303	Daviess County	Owensboro Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 686-1100	547	36	15.1	67.3%	363 (66.4%)	44 (8.0%)	40 (7.3%)	24 (4.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (13.3%)	$15,200	$2,298	$512	$2,811	$8,712	$1,102	$9,814	72.8	68.5	170	33
210549001314	138	Spencer County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1265 Mt. Washington Rd.	Taylorsville	40071	Spencer County	Spencer County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 477-6950	806	45	17.9	29.8%	727 (90.2%)	11 (1.4%)	34 (4.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	30 (3.7%)	$11,012	$892	$584	$1,477	$8,463	$1,073	$9,536	72.4	65.5	199	61
210396002374	139	Lone Oak Intermediate School	Public	4-5	225 John E. Robinson Avenue	Paducah	42001	McCracken County	McCracken County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 538-4160	426	26	16.3	55.2%	335 (78.6%)	32 (7.5%)	26 (6.1%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.4%)	$15,841	$909	$522	$1,506	$10,683	$2,490	$13,173	72.3	69.6	158	19
210147000301	140	Deer Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4959 New Hartford Road	Owensboro	42303	Daviess County	Daviess County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 852-7270	491	27	18.4	59.9%	368 (74.9%)	29 (5.9%)	23 (4.7%)	39 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.3%)	$15,191	$1,209	$1,216	$2,425	$10,093	$1,520	$11,613	72.3	49.7	337	197

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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.