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)
210495001231	181	Nancy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	240 Hwy 196	Nancy	42544	Pulaski County	Pulaski County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 636-6338	329	21	15.4	68.4%	316 (96.0%)	5 (1.5%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$15,225	$1,234	$842	$2,084	$10,758	$2,191	$12,949	68.4	60.2	246	65
210532001688	182	Heritage Elementary	Public	K-5	8300 Frankfort Rd	Waddy	40076	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 829-5242	389	27	14.4	43.4%	335 (86.1%)	5 (1.3%)	27 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.4%)	$15,217	$1,149	$359	$1,508	$10,123	$1,797	$11,921	68.3	64	218	36
210090000180	183	Grant's Lick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	944 Clay Ridge Rd.	Alexandria	41001	Campbell County	Campbell County	No	No	No	No	(859) 635-2129	349	22	15.6	45.0%	316 (90.5%)	7 (2.0%)	9 (2.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$16,189	$612	$237	$849	$12,282	$2,593	$14,821	68.3	76.4	106	77
210195001426	184	May Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	481 Stephens Br	Martin	41649	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 285-0883	492	29	16.9	71.7%	479 (97.4%)	4 (0.8%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$14,922	$2,577	$1,579	$4,156	$8,792	$1,973	$10,766	68.2	65	204	20
210286000673	185	Jesse Stuart Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1710 Anton Rd	Madisonville	42431	Hopkins County	Hopkins County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 825-6033	477	28	17	70.4%	305 (63.9%)	59 (12.4%)	47 (9.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (12.4%)	$13,353	$989	$941	$1,929	$8,325	$1,486	$9,811	68.1	63.3	223	38
210477001175	186	Robinson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	13150 Ky Hwy 476	Ary	41712	Perry County	Perry County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 378-7761	267	18	14.6	74.9%	258 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$18,266	$1,496	$2,009	$3,505	$10,711	$4,629	$15,340	68	58.7	255	69
210495001227	187	Eubank Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	285 W Hwy 70	Eubank	42567	Pulaski County	Pulaski County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 379-2712	314	25	12.6	83.8%	282 (89.8%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	$13,160	$802	$702	$1,583	$9,040	$1,872	$10,912	67.7	71	145	42
210453001123	188	LaGrange Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 W Jefferson Street	La Grange	40031	Oldham County	Oldham County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 222-9454	462	42	11	58.7%	300 (64.9%)	15 (3.2%)	121 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.6%)	$13,573	$1,261	$223	$1,483	$13,101	$2,270	$15,371	67.7	68.9	165	23
210306000806	189	Highland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	649 US 23 South	Staffordsville	41240	Johnson County	Johnson County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 297-3674	407	30	13.7	58.5%	393 (96.6%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$17,470	$2,874	$946	$3,819	$9,253	$2,331	$11,586	67.5	70	153	36
210271000574	190	East Heights Elementary School	Public	K-5	1776 Adams Ln	Henderson	42420	Henderson County	Henderson County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 831-5070	350	26	13.3	60.9%	230 (65.7%)	38 (10.9%)	20 (5.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	55 (15.7%)	$17,798	$1,816	$674	$2,490	$10,068	$2,290	$12,358	67.5	68.2	173	17

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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.