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)
210204000430	21	Moyer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	219 Highland Ave	Fort Thomas	41075	Campbell County	Fort Thomas Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 441-1180	542	33	16.4		467 (86.2%)	7 (1.3%)	31 (5.7%)	15 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.1%)	$12,734	$227	$106	$333	$10,580	$1,718	$12,298	92	87.9	50	29
210495001238	22	Northern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6155 Hwy 39	Somerset	42503	Pulaski County	Pulaski County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 423-1040	347	28	12.4	68.9%	300 (86.5%)	4 (1.2%)	32 (9.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	$15,774	$709	$778	$1,532	$11,495	$2,021	$13,518	91.8	94.1	16	6
210063000121	23	Junction City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	250 School St	Junction City	40440	Boyle County	Boyle County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 936-7524	424	29	14.8	68.9%	358 (84.4%)	7 (1.7%)	33 (7.8%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.0%)	$15,630	$1,468	$490	$1,957	$11,422	$2,252	$13,673	91.7	81.5	78	55
210204000429	24	Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1180 N Ft Thomas Ave	Fort Thomas	41075	Campbell County	Fort Thomas Independent	No	No	No	No	(859) 441-2444	433	27	16		401 (92.6%)	3 (0.7%)	12 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	$12,384	$190	$105	$295	$10,378	$1,810	$12,188	91.5	92.2	25	1
210453001817	25	Buckner Elementary School	Public	K-5	4307 Brown Blvd.	Buckner	40031	Oldham County	Oldham County	No	No	No	No	(502) 222-3712	659	39	16.8	15.9%	585 (88.8%)	10 (1.5%)	28 (4.2%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.2%)	$11,620	$904	$191	$1,095	$10,697	$2,143	$12,840	91.5	76.1	111	86
210271000579	26	Niagara Elementary School	Public	K-5	13043 Hwy 136 E	Henderson	42420	Henderson County	Henderson County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 831-5142	269	17	16	37.9%	254 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$15,854	$957	$725	$1,682	$9,368	$2,031	$11,398	91.4	86.7	54	28
210147000306	27	Tamarack Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1733 Tamarack Road	Owensboro	42301	Daviess County	Daviess County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 852-7550	542	33	16.3	66.6%	324 (59.8%)	42 (7.7%)	41 (7.6%)	82 (15.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (9.4%)	$14,517	$1,310	$685	$1,995	$9,803	$1,499	$11,303	91.3	75.4	113	86
210051002290	28	Thornwilde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1760 Elmburn Ln	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 283-1003	669	43	15.5	30.5%	529 (79.1%)	49 (7.3%)	30 (4.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (8.1%)	$10,912	$550	$696	$1,245	$8,918	$748	$9,666	90.9	85.7	61	33
210132002489	29	Corbin Elementary School	Public	4-5	706 S. Kentucky Avenue	Corbin	40701	Whitley County	Corbin Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 528-4367	377	24	15.6	64.5%	336 (89.1%)	7 (1.9%)	19 (5.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.1%)	$15,838	$1,622	$918	$2,540	$8,603	$1,356	$9,959	90.8	93	21	8
210315000846	30	G R Hampton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Ky 3441	Barbourville	40906	Knox County	Knox County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 645-2840	230	21	10.9	76.5%	227 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$15,967	$2,460	$1,070	$3,531	$10,552	$1,637	$12,189	90.6	84.8	65	35

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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.