Beechgrove Elementary School

Beechgrove Elementary School is a sprawling primary school in Independence, Kentucky, part of Kenton County. The school hosts 645 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Kentucky's public schools average about 421 students each, so Beechgrove Elementary School sits 53% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 18 schools in Kenton County (13,834 students total), Beechgrove Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Beechgrove Elementary School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kenton County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beechgrove Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.3%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kenton County put median household income runs about $80,548, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kenton County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students), Beechgrove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rector A. Jones Middle School, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beechgrove Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Beechgrove Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 720 (now 645). White enrollment moved from 84% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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