Best Elementary Schools in Kentucky for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kentucky!

Every year, the Kentucky Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kentucky test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KSA test scores by the Kentucky Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 30, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 306)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
306	White's Tower Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2977 Harris Pk	Independence	41051	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 356-9668	675	42	16	42.4%	587 (87.0%)	16 (2.4%)	16 (2.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (7.7%)	$15,384	$720	$382	$9,010	$1,249	$1,102	$10,259	0.0%	62.2%	62.19%			210309000824
305	Lemons Mill Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 School House Rd	Georgetown	40324	Scott County	Scott County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 867-6700	540	39	13.9	41.3%	376 (69.6%)	37 (6.9%)	85 (15.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.2%)	$22,771	$1,020	$291	$1,311	$10,407	$1,895	$13,613	0.3%	21.8%	21.43%			210526002349
304	Wilder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1913 Herr Lane	Louisville	40222	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(502) 485-8350	496	34	14.4	46.2%	243 (49.0%)	132 (26.6%)	62 (12.5%)	21 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.5%)	$21,510	$741	$1,551	$2,292	$15,829	$3,389	$19,218	0.7%	63.4%	62.70%			210299000661
303	Nicholasville Elementary School	Public	1-5	414 W Maple St	Nicholasville	40356	Jessamine County	Jessamine County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 885-5351	465	38	12.1	67.7%	357 (76.8%)	31 (6.7%)	29 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.7%)	$17,271	$1,334	$420	$1,754	$12,552	$1,739	$14,245	1.0%	50.2%	49.24%			210303000798
302	Jody Richards Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2100 Elrod Rd.	Bowling Green	42104	Warren County	Warren County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 904-1901	754	46	16.3	50.8%	424 (56.2%)	52 (6.9%)	44 (5.8%)	201 (26.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.1%)	$16,444	$1,079	$510	$1,589	$8,577	$2,251	$10,827	1.3%	60.1%	58.84%			210573002327
301	Monticello Elementary School	Public	3-5	160 Cave St	Monticello	42633	Wayne County	Wayne County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 340-3900	664	42	15.7	80.6%	576 (86.7%)	9 (1.4%)	61 (9.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	$13,981	$1,731	$552	$2,282	$8,174	$2,139	$10,313	1.6%	24.4%	22.75%			210579002346
300	Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School	Public	2-5	209 Maple Ave.	Danville	40422	Boyle County	Danville Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 238-1319	520	42	12.5	72.5%	257 (49.4%)	81 (15.6%)	80 (15.4%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (18.5%)	$17,888	$2,021	$703	$2,725	$13,236	$3,063	$16,299	2.0%	15.9%	13.95%			210144002476
299	Creekside Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 East Main Street Extended	Georgetown	40324	Scott County	Scott County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 863-3663	574	39	14.7	57.3%	362 (63.1%)	65 (11.3%)	95 (16.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.4%)	$21,829	$868	$284	$1,152	$9,924	$1,669	$12,744	2.3%	24.5%	22.24%			210526002483
298	Mason County Intermediate School	Public	3-5	720 Clarks Run Rd	Maysville	41056	Mason County	Mason County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 759-2000	573	39	14.8	66.3%	437 (76.3%)	35 (6.1%)	36 (6.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.6%)	$27,996	$1,336	$1,184	$2,520	$16,854	$3,624	$20,483	2.6%	18.4%	15.78%			210387002000
297	Coral Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10608 National Turnpike	Fairdale	40118	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 485-8234	567	39	14.4	66.3%	300 (52.9%)	59 (10.4%)	169 (29.8%)	8 (1.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.8%)	$20,743	$917	$1,687	$2,605	$14,465	$3,674	$18,139	2.9%	19.3%	16.33%			210299000654

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KSA Mathematics, KSA Reading, KSA Science, KSA Writing, KSA Social Studies, KSA Editing and Mechanics test scores released by the Kentucky Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kentucky Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.