Glenn O Swing Elementary

Glenn O Swing Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Covington, Kentucky, operated by Covington Independent, instructing 392 students in grades K through 5.

Covington Independent runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,557 students. Glenn O Swing Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Glenn O Swing Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 22% Black, 12% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Glenn O Swing Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kenton County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glenn O Swing Elementary sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.0%; actual is 53.4%, +17.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Kenton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,548 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Glenn O Swing Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Kenton County (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students).

The closest other public school is Holmes Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenn O Swing Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenn O Swing Elementary has decreased 21%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 392 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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