Simmons Elementary School

Summary:

Simmons Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Versailles, Kentucky, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 398 students. The school is part of the Woodford County School District, which is ranked 29th out of 159 districts in Kentucky and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Simmons Elementary has shown fluctuating performance on the Kentucky State Assessments (KSA) over the past few years, with some grades and subjects performing better than others. The school had strong performance in 5th grade Reading (65% proficient or better) and 5th grade Social Studies (59% proficient or better), outperforming the Woodford County and Kentucky state averages. However, the school struggled in 3rd grade Mathematics (47% proficient or better), 4th grade Mathematics (40% proficient or better), and 4th grade Science (36% proficient or better), all of which were below the Woodford County and state averages. Simmons Elementary has also shown notable differences in performance between student subgroups, with male students outperforming female students and the school performing exceptionally well for African American and English Language Learner students, but struggling with Special Education and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

Simmons Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 64.3% to 74.62% over the past few years, significantly higher than the nearby Northside Elementary (54.26%) and Southside Elementary (41.25%), as well as the state average. The school has also had relatively high spending per student, with $12,309 and $14,366 spent per student in the 2018-2019 and 2017-2018 school years, respectively, higher than the nearby Northside Elementary ($11,865) and Southside Elementary ($10,991) during the same period.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 830 Tyrone Pike
       Versailles, KY  40383


(859) 879-4670

District: Woodford County

SchoolDigger Rank:
232nd of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,848 Help


Students who attend Simmons Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Woodford County Middle School
High:    Woodford County High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.8 Help
Number of students:  404

Racial breakdown:

White:
55.4%
Hispanic:
28.5%
Two or more races:
8.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61.6% Help


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Compare Details Simmons Elementary School ranks better than 66.1% of elementary schools in Kentucky. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Woodford County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.27. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (55.4%), Hispanic (28.5%), two or more races (8.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 61.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Woodford County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Simmons Elementary School is 12.8, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Woodford County School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Simmons Elementary School is $15,848, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Woodford County School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Simmons Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Simmons Elementary School 232nd of 685 Kentucky public elementary schools. (See Simmons Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Woodford County:

SchoolDigger ranks Woodford County 29th of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Simmons Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 20.84 550th 638 13.8%
2008 27.13 513th 651 21.2%
2009 50.14 359th 658 45.4%
2010 41.38 446th 683 34.7%
2011 58.62 291st 688 57.7%
2012 45.89 396th 713 44.5%
2013 48.94 373rd 719 48.1%
2014 49.62 368th 705 47.8%
2015 43.43 430th 698 38.4%
2016 54.29 314th 690 54.5%
2017 60.02 257th 694 63.0%
2018 67.32 185th 691 73.2%
2019 55.01 313th 700 55.3%
2021 64.25 138th 517 73.3%
2022 63.80 196th 684 71.3%
2023 47.04 361st 687 47.5%
2024 62.27 232nd 685 66.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 75.26 6th 96 93.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 48.96 353rd 661 46.6%
2024 16.29 263rd 279 5.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.13 353rd 631 44.1%
2019 38.69 448th 664 32.5%
2021 60.68 103rd 275 62.5%
2022 44.43 367th 667 45.0%
2023 22.72 558th 670 16.7%
2024 43.87 374th 665 43.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.55 163rd 663 75.4%
2019 65.05 200th 671 70.2%
2021 58.67 109th 312 65.1%
2022 71.19 127th 641 80.2%
2023 45.37 337th 639 47.3%
2024 45.73 339th 644 47.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.11 232nd 665 65.1%
2019 43.42 429th 676 36.5%
2021 62.55 94th 325 71.1%
2022 58.06 215th 657 67.3%
2023 52.75 288th 652 55.8%
2024 73.04 121st 652 81.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.50 18th 184 90.2%
2019 63.25 49th 185 73.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.51 71st 153 53.6%
2019 64.43 46th 152 69.7%
2022 48.80 50th 114 56.1%
2023 40.00 70th 120 41.7%
2024 46.40 67th 135 50.4%
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Rank History for White students at Simmons Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.28 82nd 593 86.2%
2019 67.56 163rd 592 72.5%
2021 83.73 32nd 337 90.5%
2022 73.70 120th 656 81.7%
2023 69.67 150th 658 77.2%
2024 79.72 94th 659 85.7%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Kentucky Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Simmons Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 556 74 0 6 1 n/a n/a 0 637
1989 539 69 2 8 1 n/a n/a 0 619
1990 613 79 2 5 0 n/a n/a 0 699
1991 609 81 1 11 1 n/a n/a 0 703
1992 611 77 1 8 1 n/a n/a 0 698
1993 431 65 0 7 1 n/a n/a 0 504
1994 433 70 1 14 1 n/a n/a 0 519
1995 439 58 2 13 2 n/a n/a 0 514
1996 439 58 2 13 2 n/a n/a 0 514
1997 449 60 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 518
1998 419 52 1 7 0 n/a n/a 9 488
1999 434 60 1 12 1 n/a n/a 6 514
2000 413 64 4 11 1 n/a n/a 7 500
2001 398 57 4 17 0 n/a n/a 9 485
2002 384 51 2 25 0 n/a n/a 0 462
2003 384 51 2 25 0 n/a n/a 0 462
2004 387 55 4 24 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2005 353 65 2 26 0 n/a n/a 0 446
2006 271 49 0 27 0 n/a n/a 0 347
2007 277 40 0 33 0 n/a n/a 19 369
2008 282 45 0 52 0 n/a n/a 27 406
2009 278 41 0 74 0 n/a n/a 34 427
2010 280 39 3 68 0 n/a n/a 39 429
2011 280 36 2 79 0 0 25 0 422
2012 259 26 2 95 0 0 30 0 412
2013 268 37 6 103 0 0 28 0 442
2014 317 37 6 96 0 0 44 0 500
2015 304 37 2 100 0 0 34 0 477
2016 251 30 2 107 0 0 33 0 423
2017 242 34 2 107 0 0 34 0 419
2018 237 46 3 124 0 0 28 0 438
2019 208 45 2 112 1 0 32 0 400
2020 226 46 3 130 1 0 38 0 444
2021 195 39 2 119 1 0 39 0 395
2022 192 36 2 135 0 1 30 0 396
2023 215 29 2 120 0 1 31 0 398
2024 224 30 1 115 0 1 33 0 404

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Simmons Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 637 35.4 17.9 n/a
1989 619 36.4 17.0 n/a
1990 699 38.3 18.2 n/a
1991 703 41.9 16.7 n/a
1992 698 41.9 16.6 n/a
1993 504 33.7 15.0 n/a
1994 519 31.7 16.4 n/a
1995 514 32.5 15.8 n/a
1996 514 32.5 15.8 n/a
1997 518 32.5 15.9 30.3
1998 488 30.0 16.3 31.3
1999 514 24.2 21.2 34.4
2000 500 25.2 19.8 28.6
2001 485 25.1 19.2 35.9
2002 462 30.8 15.0 55.2
2003 462 30.8 15.0 55.2
2004 470 31.5 14.9 n/a
2005 446 30.6 14.6 n/a
2006 347 25.3 13.7 51.6
2007 369 27.0 13.7 57.4
2008 406 28.2 14.4 51.5
2009 427 30.3 14.1 59.8
2010 429 28.0 15.3 67.7
2011 422 33.0 12.7 63.3
2012 412 32.0 12.8 63.3
2013 442 30.1 14.6 68.3
2014 500 30.3 16.4 61.8
2015 477 29.0 16.4 73.8
2016 423 27.0 15.6 77.1
2017 419 25.2 16.5 73.5
2018 438 27.7 15.7 69.2
2019 400 26.4 15.1 70.8
2020 444 27.3 16.2 69.1
2021 395 28.5 13.8 64.3
2022 396 28.5 13.8 74.5
2023 398 28.5 13.9 74.6
2024 404 31.4 12.8 61.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Simmons Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 637 35.4 17.9 n/a
1989 619 36.4 17.0 n/a
1990 699 38.3 18.2 n/a
1991 703 41.9 16.7 n/a
1992 698 41.9 16.6 n/a
1993 504 33.7 15.0 n/a
1994 519 31.7 16.4 n/a
1995 514 32.5 15.8 n/a
1996 514 32.5 15.8 n/a
1997 518 32.5 15.9 30.3
1998 488 30.0 16.3 31.3
1999 514 24.2 21.2 34.4
2000 500 25.2 19.8 28.6
2001 485 25.1 19.2 35.9
2002 462 30.8 15.0 55.2
2003 462 30.8 15.0 55.2
2004 470 31.5 14.9 n/a
2005 446 30.6 14.6 n/a
2006 347 25.3 13.7 51.6
2007 369 27.0 13.7 57.4
2008 406 28.2 14.4 51.5
2009 427 30.3 14.1 59.8
2010 429 28.0 15.3 67.7
2011 422 33.0 12.7 63.3
2012 412 32.0 12.8 63.3
2013 442 30.1 14.6 68.3
2014 500 30.3 16.4 61.8
2015 477 29.0 16.4 73.8
2016 423 27.0 15.6 77.1
2017 419 25.2 16.5 73.5
2018 438 27.7 15.7 69.2
2019 400 26.4 15.1 70.8
2020 444 27.3 16.2 69.1
2021 395 28.5 13.8 64.3
2022 396 28.5 13.8 74.5
2023 398 28.5 13.9 74.6
2024 404 31.4 12.8 61.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Simmons Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $1,077 (7.5%) $431 (3.0%) $1,508 (10.5%) $10,212 (71.1%) $1,579 (11.0%) $11,791 (82.1%) $14,366
2019 $703 (5.7%) $164 (1.3%) $867 (7.0%) $9,749 (79.2%) $1,694 (13.8%) $11,442 (93.0%) $12,309
2020 $921 (5.8%) $214 (1.3%) $1,135 (7.1%) $12,617 (78.9%) $2,239 (14.0%) $14,856 (92.9%) $15,991
2021 $1,629 (9.9%) $388 (2.3%) $3,745 (22.7%) $11,437 (69.2%) $1,912 (11.6%) $11,621 (70.3%) $16,524
2022 $1,791 (11.3%) $412 (2.6%) $2,204 (13.9%) $1,529 (9.6%) $1,881 (11.9%) $12,684 (80.0%) $15,848

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Simmons Elementary School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 313th of 700 Elementary schoolsRanks 361st of 687 Elementary schools
 7.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students400398
 0.5%
African American4529
 35.6%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian22
Hispanic112120
 7.1%
Pacific Islander01
White208215
 3.4%
Two or More Races3231
 3.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.8%74.6%
 3.9%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 404 students attended Simmons Elementary School.

Students at Simmons Elementary School are 55% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 7% African American.

Students who attend Simmons Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Woodford County Middle School
High : Woodford County High School

Simmons Elementary School ranks 232nd of 685 Kentucky elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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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.

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