Kenton Elementary School

Located at 11246 Madison Pk, in Independence, Kentucky, Kenton Elementary School is a large primary school that hosts 650 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Kenton County. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 54% larger than typical.

Kenton County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 13,834 students; Kenton Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Kenton Elementary School reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Kenton Elementary School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kenton County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kenton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 57.6%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kenton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,548 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenton Elementary School is one of 46 public schools in Kenton County (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students).

Nearest neighbor: Simon Kenton High School, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kenton Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Kenton Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 629 (now 650). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 92% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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