Newport Intermediate School

Newport Intermediate School is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Newport, Kentucky, one of the schools within Newport Independent, with 374 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 6.

Newport Independent runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,290 students. Newport Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Newport Intermediate School logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 19% Hispanic, 17% multiracial. By comparison, Campbell County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Newport Intermediate School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Campbell County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Newport Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 22.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Campbell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,567 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Newport Intermediate School is one of 27 public schools in Campbell County (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students).

Nearest neighbor: Newport Regional School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newport Intermediate School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 57% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.