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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 210372000947
Kirksville Elementary School
2399 Lancaster Rd, Richmond, KY 40475 · (859) 624-4582 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
422 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
57.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kirksville Elementary School
Kirksville Elementary School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirksville Elementary School this school | 662 | 63.7% | 54.6% |
| Beechgrove Elementary School Independence | 645 | 64.0% | 42.9% |
| North Calloway Elementary School Murray | 596 | 63.8% | 57.8% |
| Mercer County Elementary School Harrodsburg | 713 | 66.2% | N/A |
| Hattie C. Warner Elementary School Nicholasville | 570 | 63.2% | 48.0% |
| Mason County Intermediate School Maysville | 573 | 66.3% | 31.4% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kirksville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #164 of 669 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #143 of 668 | #2 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #222 of 674 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #60 of 744 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #455 of 674 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #255 of 674 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #403 of 721 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #77 of 233 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
662
+147 (+29%) vs 2020
+88% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 662 | 42.3 | 15.7:1 | 64% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 39.3 | 15.8:1 | 65% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 36.3 | 15.5:1 | 64% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 60% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 38.3 | 15.3:1 | 64% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 69% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 44% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 16 | 26.6:1 | 87% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 24 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirksville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (587 to 662); teachers up 10% (38.3 to 42.3).
About Kirksville Elementary School
Kirksville Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in Richmond, Kentucky. Enrolled students number 662 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 57% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kentucky, which is about 421.
Madison County is made up of 20 schools with 11,132 students in all.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at Kirksville Elementary School. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 89% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Kirksville Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Its 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Kentucky have a similar average ratio of 15.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 9 points above the 55% average for public schools in Madison County.
Measured against Kentucky public elementary schools, Kirksville Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kirksville Elementary School is 13.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 54.6%. Predicted: 41.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Madison County show that median household income is about $63,351, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Kirksville Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in Madison County, which together enroll about 12,103 students.
The nearest other public school, Madison Kindergarten Academy, is about 4.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Kirksville Elementary School places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 515 to 662. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.3:1).
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,769
Census ACS
Median income
$63,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Madison Southern High SchoolHigh · 1,224 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- Clark Moores Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- B. Michael Caudill Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- Clark Moores Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- B. Michael Caudill Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn R Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Daniel Boone Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Kindergarten Academy4.7 mi · 403
- Clark Moores Middle School4.7 mi · 558
- Madison Middle School4.8 mi · 586
- Kit Carson Elementary School5.1 mi · 445
- Farristown Middle School5.1 mi · 463
- Bellevue Transitional School5.4 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Kirksville Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kirksville Elementary School?
Kirksville Elementary School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kirksville Elementary School serve?
Kirksville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Kirksville Elementary School have?
Kirksville Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kirksville Elementary School?
At Kirksville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Kirksville Elementary School?
Kirksville Elementary School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
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