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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOWLING GREEN INDEPENDENT·NCES 210057000100
Dishman McGinnis Elementary School
375 Glen Lily Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101 · (270) 746-2250 · Warren County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
426 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
26.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
23.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Dishman McGinnis Elementary School
Dishman McGinnis Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dishman McGinnis Elementary School this school | 506 | 84.2% | 22.4% |
| Sixth District Elementary School Covington | 454 | 87.7% | 29.0% |
| Madeline M Breckinridge Elem School Lexington | 576 | 81.1% | 41.1% |
| John G Carlisle Elementary Covington | 333 | 82.3% | 46.5% |
| Minors Lane Elementary Louisville | 370 | 79.7% | 22.7% |
| Okolona Elementary Louisville | 417 | 74.8% | 26.1% |
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 Dishman McGinnis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #621 of 669 | #18 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #609 of 668 | #18 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #626 of 674 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #233 of 744 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #318 of 674 | #4 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #44 of 674 | #7 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #69 of 721 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #410 of 437 | #5 of 6 |
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
506
+182 (+56%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 506 | 34.6 | 14.6:1 | 84% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 33.1 | 13.4:1 | 96% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 31.9 | 13.5:1 | 96% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 93% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 34.1 | 15.1:1 | 95% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 97% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 96% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 99% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 20 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dishman McGinnis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (513 to 506); teachers up 2% (34.1 to 34.6).
About Dishman McGinnis Elementary School
Dishman McGinnis Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Bowling Green, Kentucky, (ZIP code 42101). It enrolled 506 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 20% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky, which is about 421.
Bowling Green Independent, which runs Dishman McGinnis Elementary School, has 10 schools and 4,765 students.
The most common group at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 42%. Other groups make up 26% Black, 18% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Warren County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School was 14.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Kentucky have 15.4:1, compared with 14.6:1 here. Dishman McGinnis Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 84%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Warren County is 61%.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Dishman McGinnis Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.8% for Dishman McGinnis Elementary School. The school posts 22.4%, 11.4 points below the prediction.
Warren County has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,794, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Warren County has 45 public schools and roughly 23,324 students.
The nearest other public school, Bowling Green Learning Center, is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 324 in 2020-21 and 506 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,918
Census ACS
Median income
$65,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
23,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bowling Green Independent
- Bowling Green High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Bowling Green Junior HighMiddle · 1,042 students
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- T C Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Parker-Bennett-Curry SchoolElementary · 400 students
Other schools in Bowling Green
- South Warren High SchoolHigh · 1,548 students
- Greenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Bowling Green High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 1,070 students
- Bowling Green Junior HighMiddle · 1,042 students
- Rich Pond ElementaryElementary · 990 students
Nearby schools
- Bowling Green Learning Center0.6 mi · 30
- Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Ctr0.7 mi · 35
- Warren County Day Treatment0.9 mi · 21
- Lighthouse Academy0.9 mi · 41
- Beacon Academy0.9 mi · 137
- Jackson Academy0.9 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Dishman McGinnis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School?
Dishman McGinnis Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dishman McGinnis Elementary School serve?
Dishman McGinnis Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dishman McGinnis Elementary School?
At Dishman McGinnis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 42% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Dishman McGinnis Elementary School in?
Dishman McGinnis Elementary School is part of Bowling Green Independent.
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