Ninth District Elementary

Ninth District Elementary operates as an intimate elementary campus in Covington, Kentucky, run under Covington Independent. Current enrollment sits at 324 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Kentucky, which averages around 421 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Ninth District Elementary lists that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 22% Hispanic, 19% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ninth District Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.0%; this one delivers 28.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kenton County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,548, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ninth District Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Kenton County (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students).

Holmes High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ninth District Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ninth District Elementary has shrank 18%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 36% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Ninth District Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.