Florence Elementary School

Florence Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary school in Florence, Kentucky, overseen by Boone County, educates 610 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% larger than the state mean of about 421.

Boone County comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 20,514 students; Florence Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Florence Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Florence Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Florence Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 37.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,414, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Florence Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

Nearest neighbor: RISE Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Florence Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Florence Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 613 students in 2018 to 610 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 62% to 42%.

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