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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSSELLVILLE INDEPENDENT·NCES 210519001274

R E Stevenson Elementary School

1000 N Main St, Russellville, KY 42276 · (270) 726-8425 · Logan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Kentucky public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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

Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 421
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
426 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten9521%
Grade 18118%
Grade 26013%
Grade 38118%
Grade 47717%
Grade 56514%

This year's kindergarten class (95) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (65).

Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
24754%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 71% · US 43%
Hispanic
7817%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 10% · US 30%
Black
6815%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 11% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
6314%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
23050%
Female
22950%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
R E Stevenson Elementary School→Russellville Middle School→Russellville High School
Based on grade levels within Russellville Independent. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/Distinguished
English Language Arts
27.7%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
22.3%
KY avg 42.8%

What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 R E Stevenson Elementary School

R E Stevenson Elementary School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
R E Stevenson Elementary School this school45992.8%20.7%
Cravens Elementary School
Owensboro
39688.4%28.4%
Estes Elementary School
Owensboro
49290.4%30.5%
Foust Elementary School
Owensboro
40089.0%48.5%
Newport Intermediate School
Newport
37488.2%22.8%
Howell Elementary School
Elsmere
29994.3%18.9%
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 R E Stevenson Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn KentuckyIn Logan County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
20.7%#631 of 669#6 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
22.3%#617 of 668#6 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
27.7%#616 of 674#6 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
459#314 of 744#3 of 6
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.6:1#306 of 674#2 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
64.1%#120 of 674#1 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
92.8%#6 of 721#1 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.3%#306 of 437N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
459
+175 (+62%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2545931.514.6:193% (426)
2023-2446034.513.3:198% (453)
2022-2348134.414.0:180% (386)
2020-212842312.3:182% (233)
2017-1849534.314.4:184% (414)
2015-165023016.7:177% (387)
2010-116853619.0:173% (497)
2000-015361731.5:164% (343)
1990-916813519.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R E Stevenson Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 7% (495 to 459); teachers down 8% (34.3 to 31.5).

About R E Stevenson Elementary School

R E Stevenson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Russellville, Kentucky. It has an enrollment of 459 students in kindergarten through 5.

Russellville Independent, which runs R E Stevenson Elementary School, has 3 schools and 979 students.

More than half of enrollment at R E Stevenson Elementary School is White: 54%. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 14% multiracial. The school's White share is 35 points below the 89% share among Logan County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at R E Stevenson Elementary School is 14.6:1, based on 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Kentucky average 15.4:1. Lunch program data show 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Logan County, the average is 57%.

Among Kentucky public elementary schools, R E Stevenson Elementary School outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.6% for R E Stevenson Elementary School. The school posts 20.7%, 10.0 points below the prediction.

In Logan County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $60,382 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting R E Stevenson Elementary School, Logan County has 14 public schools.

A public school about 1.9 miles away, Russellville Middle School, is the closest to R E Stevenson Elementary School. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of R E Stevenson Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, R E Stevenson Elementary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.

The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).

R E Stevenson Elementary School had 284 students in 2020-21 and 459 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 in 2024-25.

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Logan County at a glance

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Population
27,986
Census ACS
Median income
$60,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,422 students

Quick facts

School name
R E Stevenson Elementary School
District
Russellville Independent
Address
1000 N Main St, Russellville, KY 42276
Phone
(270) 726-8425
County
Logan County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
459
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
14.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
426 (93%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
210519001274
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About R E Stevenson Elementary School
How large is R E Stevenson Elementary School?
R E Stevenson Elementary School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does R E Stevenson Elementary School serve?
R E Stevenson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does R E Stevenson Elementary School have?
R E Stevenson Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at R E Stevenson Elementary School?
Student demographics at R E Stevenson Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is R E Stevenson Elementary School in?
R E Stevenson Elementary School is part of Russellville Independent.
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