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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY·NCES 210258000557

Northside Elementary School

2415 US Hwy 27 N, Cynthiana, KY 41031 · (859) 234-7114 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Kentucky public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 421
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
180 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 63%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K2910%
Kindergarten4616%
Grade 14315%
Grade 24917%
Grade 34114%
Grade 44315%
Grade 54114%

This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (41).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
25587%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
134%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
207%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
14851%
Female
14449%

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
40.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
44.7%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Northside Elementary School

Northside Elementary School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Northside Elementary School this school29261.6%38.8%
Farmington Elementary School
Mayfield
28861.1%75.2%
Ezra Sparrow Early Childhood Center
Lawrenceburg
30361.4%N/A
West Hopkins School
Nebo
29359.0%40.0%
Perryville Elementary School
Perryville
31358.5%68.1%
Harlan Elementary School
Harlan
33561.2%51.9%
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 Northside Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Kentucky
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
38.8%#436 of 669
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.7%#326 of 668
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.3%#491 of 674
Enrollment
ranked largest first
292#580 of 744
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.1:1#511 of 674
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.1%#417 of 674
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
61.6%#440 of 721
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.2%#235 of 437
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 2024-25
Enrollment
292
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529218.116.1:162% (180)
2023-2429718.116.4:164% (189)
2022-2329719.115.5:162% (184)
2020-213021915.9:165% (195)
2017-1832922.314.8:175% (246)
2015-163402215.4:171% (240)
2010-113472017.4:171% (247)
2000-013681623.0:158% (212)
1990-913562017.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (329 to 292); teachers down 19% (22.3 to 18.1).

About Northside Elementary School

Northside Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Enrollment totals 292 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 31% below the average for elementary schools in Kentucky.

Harrison County includes 7 schools. Together they enroll 2,982 students.

Northside Elementary School is 87% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northside Elementary School scores 23%.

Teacher count: 18.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.1:1. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in Kentucky is 0.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. Among public schools in Harrison County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.

On the allk12 Grade, Northside Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Kentucky public elementary schools.

Northside Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8% is 3.3 points below the 42.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Harrison County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $66,442, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 8 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,982, Northside Elementary School among them.

Eastside Elementary School is about 1.7 miles from Northside Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Northside Elementary School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 302 to 292, a 3% decrease.

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Harrison County at a glance

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Population
19,140
Census ACS
Median income
$66,442
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,982 students

Quick facts

School name
Northside Elementary School
District
Harrison County
Address
2415 US Hwy 27 N, Cynthiana, KY 41031
Phone
(859) 234-7114
County
Harrison County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
292
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
16.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
180 (62%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
210258000557
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary School is the 36th largest of the 43.

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Frequently asked questions

About Northside Elementary School
How many students attend Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Northside Elementary School serve?
Northside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northside Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northside Elementary School?
At Northside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Northside Elementary School in?
Northside Elementary School is part of Harrison County.
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