John G Carlisle Elementary

John G Carlisle Elementary is one of the cozy primary schools in Covington, Kentucky, one of the schools within Covington Independent, with 333 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 421.

Across the 10 schools in Covington Independent (3,557 students total), John G Carlisle Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, John G Carlisle Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% White, 21% Black, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, John G Carlisle Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting John G Carlisle Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at John G Carlisle Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kenton County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, John G Carlisle Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of +12.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kenton County put the typical household earns roughly $80,548 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 John G Carlisle Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Biggs Early Childhood Education Ctr, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John G Carlisle Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 330 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 29% to 42% over that span.

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