Best Elementary Schools in Kentucky for Homeless 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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 19)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
19	Newport Intermediate School	Public	3-6	95 W. 9th Street	Newport	41071	Campbell County	Newport Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-3021	374	38	9.7	88.2%	161 (43.0%)	79 (21.1%)	72 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (16.6%)	$25,936	$3,152	$731	$3,883	$13,473	$4,592	$17,364	0.0%	7.7%	7.74%			210444001100
18	West Whitesburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Park St	Whitesburg	41858	Letcher County	Letcher County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 633-9538	462	34	13.7	68.2%	448 (97.0%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$23,677	$1,925	$3,119	$5,044	$11,899	$3,968	$15,834	5.3%	27.2%	21.89%			210336000903
17	Sebastian Elementary School	Public	3-6	244 LBJ Road	Jackson	41339	Breathitt County	Breathitt County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 666-8894	393	22	17.9	79.1%	383 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,582	$2,468	$2,128	$4,596	$9,050	$2,934	$11,984	10.5%	19.4%	8.89%			210069000132
16	Emmalena Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8343 W Hwy 550	Emmalena	41740	Knott County	Knott County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 251-3651	204	19	11	80.4%	202 (99.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$17,013	$1,439	$1,117	$2,556	$11,842	$2,616	$14,458	15.8%	50.1%	34.28%			210312000834
15	Sixth District Elementary School	Public	K-5	19th and Maryland	Covington	41014	Kenton County	Covington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-5819	454	34	13.3	87.7%	107 (23.6%)	88 (19.4%)	195 (43.0%)	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (12.1%)	$20,360	$2,241	$1,216	$3,457	$11,426	$2,244	$13,670	21.1%	14.9%	6.16%			210135000276
14	Wallins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	993 Hwy 219	Wallins Creek	40873	Harlan County	Harlan County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 664-3444	352	28	12.8	81.0%	344 (97.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$21,698	$3,039	$2,143	$5,182	$9,972	$2,846	$12,818	26.3%	25.8%	0.48%			210254000549
13	Mercer County Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1101 Moberly Road	Harrodsburg	40330	Mercer County	Mercer County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 733-7080	570	37	15.4	60.0%	470 (82.5%)	14 (2.5%)	43 (7.5%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	$12,977	$959	$711	$1,670	$9,044	$2,263	$11,307	31.6%	50.4%	18.79%			210411002273
12	John G Carlisle Elementary	Public	K-5	910 Holman St	Covington	41011	Kenton County	Covington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-5812	333	26	12.8	82.3%	81 (24.3%)	70 (21.0%)	139 (41.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (12.3%)	$20,783	$2,126	$1,480	$3,606	$11,658	$1,819	$13,477	36.8%	54.5%	17.61%			210135000270
11	Louisa East Elementary School	Public	2-5	235 Powhatan St	Louisa	41230	Lawrence County	Lawrence County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 638-4574	512	30	17.1	59.6%	487 (95.1%)	5 (1.0%)	12 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$25,095	$2,044	$827	$2,871	$15,130	$3,974	$19,104	42.1%	49.1%	6.95%			210324002079
10	Russell Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1554 N Hwy 127	Russell Springs	42642	Russell County	Russell County	No	No	No	Yes	(270) 866-3587	632	41	15.3	71.5%	470 (74.4%)	1 (0.2%)	141 (22.3%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$13,293	$1,300	$705	$2,004	$9,331	$1,958	$11,289	47.4%	87.9%	40.51%			210516001264

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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.