Newport Primary School

Newport Primary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Newport, Kentucky, operated by Newport Independent, with 369 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2.

Newport Independent comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,290 students; Newport Primary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newport Primary School reports that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 17% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 87% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Campbell County put median household earnings sit near $77,567, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Newport Primary School is one of 27 public schools in Campbell County (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students).

The closest other public school is Newport Intermediate School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Newport Primary School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newport Primary School has fell 19%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 56% to 41%.

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