Taylor Mill Elementary School

Taylor Mill Elementary School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Covington, Kentucky, part of Kenton County, enrolling 508 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 421 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

Kenton County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 13,834 students; Taylor Mill Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Taylor Mill Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder comes out to 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Kenton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 44% of students at Taylor Mill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kenton County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Taylor Mill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kenton County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,548, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Taylor Mill Elementary School is one of 46 public schools in Kenton County (combined enrollment of about 22,225 students).

Nearest neighbor: Woodland Middle School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Taylor Mill Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Taylor Mill Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.8%.

Taylor Mill Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Taylor Mill Elementary School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 508). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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