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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Bush Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUREL COUNTY·NCES 210321000857
Bush Elementary School
1832 E Laurel Rd, London, KY 40741 · (606) 862-4618 · Laurel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
312 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
76.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
74.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Kentucky's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bush Elementary School
Bush Elementary School's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Elementary School this school | 511 | 61.1% | 70.7% |
| Taylor Elementary School Brooksville | 490 | 60.2% | 34.6% |
| Louisa East Elementary School Louisa | 512 | 59.6% | 38.5% |
| Lewisburg Elementary School Lewisburg | 500 | 61.2% | 40.8% |
| North Washington Elementary School Willisburg | 536 | 62.7% | 42.9% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hodgenville | 482 | 61.0% | 38.9% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bush Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Laurel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #21 of 669 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #19 of 668 | #2 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #19 of 674 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #226 of 744 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #589 of 674 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #593 of 674 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #451 of 721 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #196 of 233 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
511
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 61% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 60% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 55% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 54% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 50% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 51% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 23 | 21.1:1 | 44% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 13 | 25.1:1 | 53% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 24 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bush Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (500 to 511); teachers up 3% (29 to 30).
About Bush Elementary School
Bush Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in London, Kentucky, administered by Laurel County. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 511 students. Enrollment is 21% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky, which is about 421.
Laurel County has 18 schools and 8,676 students, and Bush Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Bush Elementary School, White students make up 95% of the student body. The county population is about 95% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Bush Elementary School comes in at 9%.
The school has about 17.0 students per teacher and 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, lower than at this school. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Bush Elementary School is A+. Compared with Kentucky public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 98% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bush Elementary School is +28.3 points, in the top 10% of Kentucky. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.7%, and the predicted rate is 42.4%.
Laurel County has about 62,983 residents, and median household income is about $57,771, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 20 public schools in Laurel County, with a combined enrollment of about 9,220.
The nearest public school is North Laurel Middle School, at about 2.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Bush Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Bush Elementary School falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 511, 6% above the 480 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 15.0 to 17.0 over 4 years.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bush Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Laurel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,983
Census ACS
Median income
$57,771
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,220 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laurel County
- North Laurel High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- South Laurel High SchoolHigh · 1,119 students
- North Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle · 970 students
- South Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Hunter Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- London Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in London
- North Laurel High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- South Laurel High SchoolHigh · 1,119 students
- North Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle · 970 students
- South Laurel Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- London Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Wyan-Pine Grove ElementaryElementary · 388 students
Other Bush Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bush Elementary. Bush Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Bush Elementary SchoolTHE WOODLANDS, TX · 881 students
- Bush Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 780 students
- Bush Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 703 students
- Bush Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 527 students
- Bush ElementaryMESA, AZ · 524 students
Nearby schools
- North Laurel Middle School2.1 mi · 970
- McDaniel Learning Center2.9 mi · 29
- South Laurel High School3.0 mi · 1,119
- South Laurel Middle School3.0 mi · 837
- Johnson Elementary School3.5 mi · 312
- Sublimity Elementary School3.8 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Bush Elementary SchoolHow large is Bush Elementary School?
Bush Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bush Elementary School serve?
Bush Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bush Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bush Elementary School is approximately 17.0:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bush Elementary School?
Bush Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bush Elementary School?
Bush Elementary School is overseen by Laurel County in Laurel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.