Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COUNTY·NCES 210051001519
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School
6775 Mcville Rd, Burlington, KY 41005 · (859) 334-4450 · Boone County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
100 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
63.5%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 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 Charles H. Kelly Elementary School
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles H. Kelly Elementary School this school | 242 | 41.3% | 61.0% |
| Dixon Elementary School Dixon | 285 | 44.2% | 50.0% |
| Walton-Verona Intermediate School Verona | 282 | 38.7% | N/A |
| Calhoun Elementary School Calhoun | 290 | 45.5% | 55.3% |
| Cairo Elementary School Henderson | 233 | 45.5% | 70.7% |
| Campbell Elementary School Raceland | 313 | 45.7% | N/A |
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 Charles H. Kelly Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #97 of 669 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #83 of 668 | #6 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #71 of 674 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #638 of 744 | #17 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #27 of 674 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #559 of 674 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #662 of 721 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #143 of 233 | N/A |
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
242
+15 (+7%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 242 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 41% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 41% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 38% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 21 | 10.8:1 | 44% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 18.5 | 12.5:1 | 41% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 19 | 11.8:1 | 48% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 23 | 11.5:1 | 51% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 15 | 20.3:1 | 32% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles H. Kelly Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (231 to 242); teachers up 14% (18.5 to 21).
About Charles H. Kelly Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in Burlington, Kentucky, Charles H. Kelly Elementary School is part of Boone County. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 242 students. It has 43% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky (about 421).
Boone County counts 27 schools and 20,514 students, including Charles H. Kelly Elementary School.
The share of students at Charles H. Kelly Elementary School who are White is 94%. Enrollment also includes 2% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Boone County, the White share is about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Classroom staffing at Charles H. Kelly Elementary School totals 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 15.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Charles H. Kelly Elementary School is about 41%. Public schools in Boone County average a similar 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles H. Kelly Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
A school with Charles H. Kelly Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Kentucky is predicted to score 49.6%. Charles H. Kelly Elementary School scores 61.0%, 11.3 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Boone County show that the median household earns about $99,414 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Boone County has 34 public schools with about 22,394 students, including Charles H. Kelly Elementary School.
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School's nearest public school is Rising Sun High School (about 2.9 miles). In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Charles H. Kelly Elementary School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Charles H. Kelly Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Charles H. Kelly Elementary School enrolled 227 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 242.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,841
Census ACS
Median income
$99,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,394 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone County
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Randall K. Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Conner High SchoolHigh · 1,400 students
- Boone County High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
Other schools in Burlington
- Burlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Camp Ernst Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
- Stephens Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- ACCEL AcademyHigh · 154 students
Nearby schools
- Rising Sun High School2.9 mi · 235
- Ohio County Middle School3.0 mi · 187
- Ohio County Elementary School3.0 mi · 409
- ACCEL Academy6.2 mi · 154
- Randall K. Cooper High School6.2 mi · 1,490
- Longbranch Elementary School6.4 mi · 957
Frequently asked questions
About Charles H. Kelly Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles H. Kelly Elementary School?
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades PK-05.
Is Charles H. Kelly Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Charles H. Kelly Elementary School have?
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Charles H. Kelly Elementary School?
Student demographics at Charles H. Kelly Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Charles H. Kelly Elementary School public or private?
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boone County.
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