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Best Elementary Schools in Boone County, KY

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Schools

10,367

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedShirley Mann Elementary School13^th of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Charles H. Kelly Elementary School up 23 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Charles H. Kelly Elementary School 11.5 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Walton-Verona Intermediate School

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)			KSA Reading (2026)			KSA Science (2026)	KSA Writing (2026)	KSA Social Studies (2026)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	KSA Mathematics 4th Grade	KSA Mathematics 5th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
A M Yealey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Yealey Dr	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 282-3333	534	41	13.0	44.4%	362 (67.8%)	66 (12.4%)	49 (9.2%)	19 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.9%)	44	392^nd of 684 public elementary schools	42.7%		50.4	333^rd of 685 public elementary schools	51.4%	59	56.0	29.0	50.0	61.0	42.0	49.0	27.0	36.0	33.0	35.0	$12,271	$1,468	$10,804
Burlington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5946 Orient St	Burlington	41005	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 334-4440	689	46	14.9	46.6%	538 (78.1%)	53 (7.7%)	41 (6.0%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	46 (6.7%)	51.8	321^st of 684 public elementary schools	53.1%		70.9	164^th of 685 public elementary schools	76.1%	157	54.0	49.0	53.0	55.0	47.0	52.0	34.0	20.0	31.0	56.0	$12,823	$1,623	$11,200
Florence Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	103 Center St	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 282-2610	610	45	13.7	58.5%	258 (42.3%)	117 (19.2%)	160 (26.2%)	10 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.1%)	49 (8.0%)	31.7	486^th of 684 public elementary schools	28.9%		31	497^th of 685 public elementary schools	27.4%	11	25.0	40.0	33.0	31.0	48.0	47.0	40.0	27.0	30.0	39.0	$13,154	$2,028	$11,126
Chester Goodridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3330 Cougar Path	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 334-4420	711	46	15.4	44.7%	490 (68.9%)	77 (10.8%)	72 (10.1%)	10 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	52 (7.3%)	36.9	443^rd of 684 public elementary schools	35.2%		53.9	304^th of 685 public elementary schools	55.6%	139	33.0	42.0	48.0	42.0	47.0	44.0	35.0	20.0	32.0	44.0	$12,567	$1,642	$10,925
New Haven Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10854 Us 42	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5325	716	44	16.2	27.1%	620 (86.6%)	7 (1.0%)	29 (4.1%)	44 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.0%)	92.2	26^th of 684 public elementary schools	96.2%		94.2	15^th of 685 public elementary schools	97.8%	11	82.0	79.0	67.0	70.0	74.0	70.0	70.0	54.0	60.0	69.0	$12,129	$768	$11,361
Ockerman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8250 Us 42	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 282-4620	777	57	13.6	57.0%	359 (46.2%)	66 (8.5%)	283 (36.4%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.2%)	49 (6.3%)	21.1	566^th of 684 public elementary schools	17.3%		25.2	534^th of 685 public elementary schools	22.0%	32	40.0	27.0	34.0	36.0	37.0	36.0	29.0	21.0	23.0	26.0	$11,747	$1,755	$9,992
Charles H. Kelly Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6775 Mcville Rd	Burlington	41005	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 334-4450	242	21	11.5	41.3%	228 (94.2%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	84.2	65^th of 684 public elementary schools	90.5%		82.9	88^th of 685 public elementary schools	87.2%	23	67.0	50.0	78.0	50.0	62.0	78.0	48.0	89.0	62.0	86.0	$15,503	$1,358	$14,145
Hillard Collins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9000 Spruce Dr	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 282-2350	571	46	12.4	61.3%	209 (36.6%)	82 (14.4%)	240 (42.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	27 (4.7%)	27.5	525^th of 684 public elementary schools	23.2%		27.3	521^st of 685 public elementary schools	23.9%	4	18.0	35.0	28.0	38.0	48.0	36.0	30.0	37.0	37.0	30.0	$15,116	$1,868	$13,248
Stephens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5687 Hwy 237	Burlington	41005	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 334-4460	577	45	12.8	42.1%	402 (69.7%)	59 (10.2%)	53 (9.2%)	20 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	36 (6.2%)	37.1	440^th of 684 public elementary schools	35.7%		51.4	322^nd of 685 public elementary schools	53.0%	118	56.0	38.0	32.0	56.0	43.0	41.0	31.0	26.0	21.0	43.0	$13,757	$1,512	$12,245
Erpenbeck Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	US 42 9001 Wetherington Blvd	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-7200	764	47	16.2	36.1%	479 (62.7%)	61 (8.0%)	92 (12.0%)	81 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	43 (5.6%)	86.5	55^th of 684 public elementary schools	92.0%		87.4	55^th of 685 public elementary schools	92.0%		68.0	67.0	72.0	68.0	69.0	66.0	64.0	55.0	45.0	63.0	$12,224	$709	$11,515
North Pointe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	875 North Bend Rd	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 334-7000	429	35	12.2	29.8%	331 (77.2%)	24 (5.6%)	34 (7.9%)	13 (3.0%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	19 (4.4%)	72.9	149^th of 684 public elementary schools	78.2%		84.8	72^nd of 685 public elementary schools	89.5%	77	55.0	62.0	64.0	60.0	58.0	55.0	48.0	51.0	45.0	52.0	$14,566	$863	$13,702
Shirley Mann Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10435 US Hwy 42	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5000	710	46	15.4	20.6%	581 (81.8%)	15 (2.1%)	29 (4.1%)	56 (7.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.5%)	94.3	13^th of 684 public elementary schools	98.1%		92.5	20^th of 685 public elementary schools	97.1%	7	73.0	64.0	77.0	71.0	74.0	84.0	61.0	61.0	72.0	78.0	$13,307	$575	$12,732
Longbranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2805 Longbranch Rd.	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-4500	957	58	16.5	26.6%	738 (77.1%)	53 (5.5%)	64 (6.7%)	30 (3.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (7.1%)	78.8	115^th of 684 public elementary schools	83.2%		81.4	93^rd of 685 public elementary schools	86.4%	22	69.0	67.0	69.0	66.0	65.0	62.0	50.0	36.0	52.0	53.0	$10,612	$646	$9,966
Thornwilde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1760 Elmburn Ln	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 283-1003	661	42	15.7	35.1%	528 (79.9%)	49 (7.4%)	37 (5.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	82.2	86^th of 684 public elementary schools	87.4%		91	37^th of 685 public elementary schools	94.6%	49	54.0	66.0	57.0	58.0	68.0	62.0	59.0	70.0	48.0	66.0	$10,149	$689	$9,460
Steeplechase Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12000 Grand National Boulevard	Walton	41094	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 485-3500	598	41	14.7	60.2%	316 (52.8%)	101 (16.9%)	114 (19.1%)	24 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.0%)	50.2	339^th of 684 public elementary schools	50.4%		59.6	260^th of 685 public elementary schools	62.0%	79	34.0	41.0	49.0	42.0	45.0	65.0	34.0	44.0	40.0	56.0	$12,511	$1,809	$10,702
Walton-Verona Elementary School	Public	K-3	15066 Porter Rd	Verona	41092	Boone County	Walton-Verona Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 485-4181	539	36	14.9	43.2%	465 (86.3%)	14 (2.6%)	35 (6.5%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)								(n/a)	67.0			58.0							$23,827	$848	$15,501
Walton-Verona Intermediate School	Public	4-5	1935 Tradition Drive	Verona	41092	Boone County	Walton-Verona Independent	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(859) 485-4181	282	19	14.8	38.7%	251 (89.0%)	6 (2.1%)	14 (5.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	65.8	204^th of 684 public elementary schools	70.2%					(n/a)		48.0	44.0		59.0	54.0	50.0	42.0	43.0	69.0	$18,826	$510	$10,628

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.