Thornwilde Elementary School

Thornwilde Elementary School is one of the expansive elementary campuss in Hebron, Kentucky, part of Boone County, with 661 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% above the state mean of about 421.

Boone County runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 20,514 students. Thornwilde Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Thornwilde Elementary School records that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 42 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. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Thornwilde Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Around the school, Boone County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,414, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Thornwilde Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students).

North Pointe Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thornwilde Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thornwilde Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.9%.

Thornwilde Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thornwilde Elementary School has climbed 6%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 661 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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