Ft Wright Elementary School

Ft Wright Elementary School operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Covington, Kentucky, part of Kenton County. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Kenton County runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 13,834 students. Ft Wright Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ft Wright Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black. By comparison, Kenton County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Ft Wright Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Ft Wright Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.2%; actual is 62.8%, +18.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kenton County put the typical household earns roughly $80,548 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Kenton County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students), of which Ft Wright Elementary School is one.

Ninth District Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ft Wright Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.