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Boone County

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At a glance

51^stof 158 Kentucky districts▼ 11

Better than 67% of Kentucky districts

Elementary 15 Middle 6 High 7Grades PK, KG-12

8330 Us 42
Florence, KY 41042·(859) 283-1003·All Kentucky district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 67.7% of districts

Schools

20,514

Students

5-star schools

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

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Biggest riser

Randall K. Cooper High School up 103 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Charles H. Kelly Elementary School 11.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Boone County has 27 schools: 15 elementary, six middle, four traditional high schools and two alternative schools, serving students across elementary, middle and high school grades. The 2025–2026 results show a wide range within the same grades: fifth-grade writing spans 69 percentage points, from 89% at Charles H. Kelly Elementary School to 20% at Chester Goodridge Elementary School and Burlington Elementary School. The most important takeaway is that strong results and very low results coexist in the same area, so school-level differences matter.

Several schools stand out in particular subjects. New Haven Elementary School leads grade 4 math with 79%, while Shirley Mann Elementary School leads grade 5 reading with 84%. At middle school, Ballyshannon Middle School scores 74% in grade 8 math; Gray Middle School reaches 87% in grade 8 writing, 39 points above the state rate. Among traditional high schools, Randall K. Cooper High School leads five of six subjects. At the lower end, Rector A. Jones Middle School has 22% in grade 8 math, 52 points below Ballyshannon; Ockerman Elementary School has 27% in grade 4 math, 52 points below New Haven. Boone County High School is lowest among the traditional high schools in four subjects.

Traditional high-school averages improved relative to state rates in all six subjects between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. For example, the group’s grade 10 math average rose from 48% to 53%, while the state rate shifted from 41% to 40%; individual results differed, with Cooper’s grade 10 reading up 18 points and Conner High School’s down 4 points. SchoolDigger rankings also show varied paths: Goodridge fell from the 68th to the 35th percentile from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, while Ockerman Middle School rose from the 53rd to the 64th percentile. The free/reduced lunch eligible share in 2024–2025 ranged from 21% at Shirley Mann to 57% at Ockerman; these are context measures, not explanations for results.

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Ranking:

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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 Mathematics 6th Grade	KSA Mathematics 7th Grade	KSA Mathematics 8th Grade	KSA Mathematics 10th Grade	KSA Reading 3rd Grade	KSA Reading 4th Grade	KSA Reading 5th Grade	KSA Reading 6th Grade	KSA Reading 7th Grade	KSA Reading 8th Grade	KSA Reading 10th Grade	KSA Science 4th Grade	KSA Science 7th Grade	KSA Science 11th Grade	KSA Writing 5th Grade	KSA Writing 8th Grade	KSA Writing 11th Grade	KSA Social Studies 5th Grade	KSA Social Studies 8th Grade	KSA Social Studies 11th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 5th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 8th Grade	KSA Editing and Mechanics 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Larry A. Ryle High School	Public	9-12	10379 Us 42	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5300	2,077	112	18.6	34.3%	1,502 (72.3%)	116 (5.6%)	303 (14.6%)	73 (3.5%)	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	75 (3.6%)	64.9	76^th of 262 public high schools	71.0%		69.6	53^rd of 254 public high schools	79.1%	23							56.0							59.0			25.0			46.0			39.0			46.0	$10,923	$616	$10,307
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
Rector A. Jones Middle School	Public	6-8	8000 Spruce Dr	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 282-4610	683	54	12.6	64.3%	258 (37.8%)	133 (19.5%)	228 (33.4%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	11 (1.6%)	44 (6.4%)	17.5	282^nd of 326 public middle schools	13.5%		17.3	280^th of 320 public middle schools	12.5%	2				27.0	31.0	22.0					46.0	42.0	29.0			17.0			20.0			27.0			24.0		$12,388	$2,227	$10,161
Boone County High School	Public	9-12	7056 Burlington Pk	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 282-5655	1,252	86	14.5	52.6%	661 (52.8%)	147 (11.7%)	330 (26.4%)	27 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (1.8%)	64 (5.1%)	44.4	144^th of 262 public high schools	45.0%		48.8	133^rd of 254 public high schools	47.6%	11							41.0							47.0			21.0			42.0			38.0			34.0	$12,687	$1,099	$11,588
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
Conner Middle School	Public	6-8	3300 Cougar Path	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 334-4410	865	52	16.6	36.0%	701 (81.0%)	50 (5.8%)	52 (6.0%)	19 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	40 (4.6%)	89	20^th of 326 public middle schools	93.9%		91.7	13^th of 320 public middle schools	95.9%	7				70.0	59.0	69.0					77.0	69.0	61.0			41.0			70.0			53.0			53.0		$11,463	$874	$10,589
Conner High School	Public	9-12	3310 Cougar Path	Hebron	41048	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 334-4400	1,400	75	18.7	33.6%	1,149 (82.1%)	74 (5.3%)	88 (6.3%)	31 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	53 (3.8%)	67.4	70^th of 262 public high schools	73.3%		59.8	77^th of 254 public high schools	69.7%	7							57.0							52.0			29.0			50.0			42.0			45.0	$10,924	$620	$10,303
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
Ockerman Middle School	Public	6-8	8300 Us 42	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 282-3240	674	46	14.6	42.0%	436 (64.7%)	68 (10.1%)	94 (13.9%)	33 (4.9%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.9%)	36 (5.3%)	57.1	116^th of 326 public middle schools	64.4%		37.5	204^th of 320 public middle schools	36.3%	88				46.0	38.0	36.0					53.0	51.0	52.0			23.0			61.0			46.0			57.0		$11,705	$937	$10,768
Gray Middle School	Public	6-8	10400 Us 42	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5333	1,006	58	17.3	25.5%	811 (80.6%)	24 (2.4%)	82 (8.2%)	51 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (3.7%)	93.1	13^th of 326 public middle schools	96.0%		89.5	18^th of 320 public middle schools	94.4%	5				68.0	69.0	69.0					73.0	72.0	58.0			47.0			87.0			55.0			64.0		$10,837	$705	$10,132
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
Camp Ernst Middle School	Public	6-8	6515 Camp Ernst Rd	Burlington	41005	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 534-4000	688	45	15.2	43.0%	521 (75.7%)	41 (6.0%)	72 (10.5%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	41 (6.0%)	55.7	120^th of 326 public middle schools	63.2%		60.5	114^th of 320 public middle schools	64.4%	6				52.0	44.0	40.0					58.0	54.0	44.0						51.0			36.0			42.0		$12,040	$1,164	$10,876
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
Randall K. Cooper High School	Public	9-12	2855 Longbranch Rd	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 384-5040	1,490	77	19.4	30.5%	1,225 (82.2%)	88 (5.9%)	74 (5.0%)	22 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.5%)	73 (4.9%)	81.8	25^th of 262 public high schools	90.5%		49.3	128^th of 254 public high schools	49.6%	103							58.0							66.0			30.0			57.0			55.0			50.0	$10,989	$695	$10,294
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
RISE Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	99 Center Dr.	Florence	41042	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	Yes	No	(859) 283-1003	70	11	6.3	75.7%	42 (60.0%)	10 (14.3%)	10 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	7 (10.0%)								(n/a)							20.0						14.0						15.0			14.0			14.0
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
Ballyshannon Middle School	Public	6-8	7515 Shamrock Avenue	Union	41091	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	No	No	(859) 905-2620	609	38	16.0	27.4%	492 (80.8%)	24 (3.9%)	32 (5.3%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	46 (7.6%)	92.5	15^th of 326 public middle schools	95.4%		73.9	61^st of 320 public middle schools	80.9%	46				68.0	58.0	74.0					80.0	72.0	70.0			42.0			75.0			57.0			60.0		$11,462	$1,039	$10,423
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
ACCEL Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	3300 Barney Road	Burlington	41005	Boone County	Boone County	No	No	Yes	No	(859) 283-3250	154	6	25.6	57.1%	117 (76.0%)	6 (3.9%)	15 (9.7%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	12 (7.8%)	6.8	241^st of 262 public high schools	8.0%		7.5	237^th of 254 public high schools	6.7%	4							14.0					33.0		31.0						17.0			13.0			22.0
Ignite Institute	Public	9-12	37 Atlantic Avenue	Erlanger	41018	Kenton County	Boone County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(859) 817-3570	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kenton County	4.81 mi	25	21^st
Walton-Verona Independent	5.76 mi	5	11^th
Erlanger-Elsmere Independent	6.46 mi	8	123^rd
Kentucky Technical System	8.85 mi	50
Beechwood Independent	9.45 mi	3	4^th

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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.