Ryland Heights Elementary School

Ryland Heights Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Covington, Kentucky, part of Kenton County, with 443 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 18 schools in Kenton County (13,834 students total), Ryland Heights Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ryland Heights Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Kenton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Kenton County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ryland Heights Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.8%; this one delivers 61.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kenton County indicate median household income runs about $80,548, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kenton County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students), of which Ryland Heights Elementary School is one.

Taylor Mill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ryland Heights Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ryland Heights Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ryland Heights Elementary School has shrank 20%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 92% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.