Best Elementary Schools in Kentucky for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 659)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Anchorage Independent Public School	Public	PK, KG-8	11400 Ridge Rd	Anchorage	40223	Jefferson County	Anchorage Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(502) 245-2121	392	39	9.9	8.4%	340 (86.7%)	5 (1.3%)	17 (4.3%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	$27,198	$73	$322	$395	$20,657	$5,754	$26,411	99.8%	99.9%	0.01%			210009000014
2	Burning Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9847 N Hwy 421	Manchester	40962	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 598-3138	297	21	13.9	80.1%	288 (97.0%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$15,972	$2,257	$228	$2,484	$9,108	$2,311	$11,419	99.7%	99.7%	0.01%			210123000248
3	Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	301 Woodland Ave	Lexington	40508	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	Yes	No	No	(859) 381-3516	567	37	15.4	28.7%	298 (52.6%)	80 (14.1%)	122 (21.5%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (10.4%)	$21,929	$582	$949	$1,532	$14,838	$2,759	$17,597	99.5%	94.9%	4.65%			210186000373
4	Norton Elementary	Public	K-5	8101 Brownsboro Road	Louisville	40241	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(502) 485-8308	716	45	16	23.3%	439 (61.3%)	89 (12.4%)	50 (7.0%)	93 (13.0%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	38 (5.3%)	$19,605	$490	$1,525	$2,015	$14,056	$3,534	$17,590	99.4%	99.1%	0.27%			210299000687
5	Cassidy Elementary School	Public	K-5	1125 Tates Creek Road	Lexington	40502	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-3018	632	44	14.3	31.6%	414 (65.5%)	78 (12.3%)	72 (11.4%)	18 (2.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (7.4%)	$22,407	$896	$949	$1,845	$14,794	$2,968	$17,761	99.2%	97.4%	1.87%			210186000359
6	Clays Mill Elementary School	Public	K-5	2319 Clays Mill Rd	Lexington	40503	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-3355	527	39	13.5	27.1%	407 (77.2%)	21 (4.0%)	39 (7.4%)	15 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.3%)	$24,466	$1,099	$990	$2,088	$16,576	$2,871	$19,447	99.1%	99.0%	0.11%			210186000384
7	Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1180 N Ft Thomas Ave	Fort Thomas	41075	Campbell County	Fort Thomas Independent	No	No	No	No	(859) 441-2444	425	28	15.1	5.9%	396 (93.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	$13,181	$263	$182	$445	$10,685	$2,052	$12,737	98.9%	99.6%	0.62%			210204000429
8	Glendover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	710 Glendover Rd	Lexington	40502	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3403	482	39	12.3	42.9%	254 (52.7%)	49 (10.2%)	100 (20.7%)	47 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.4%)	$25,778	$512	$949	$1,461	$18,406	$2,919	$21,325	98.8%	88.8%	10.03%			210186000386
9	Athens-Chilesburg Elementary	Public	K-5	930 Jouett Creek Dr	Lexington	40509	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(859) 381-4955	620	41	15.1	21.3%	412 (66.5%)	39 (6.3%)	34 (5.5%)	102 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.3%)	$22,982	$1,132	$951	$2,084	$15,093	$3,005	$18,098	98.6%	97.7%	0.97%			210186001987
10	Whitley County East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	13781 Hwy 92E	Williamsburg	40769	Whitley County	Whitley County	No	No	No	Yes	(606) 549-7097	268	20	13.4	84.3%	261 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$19,231	$3,359	$1,303	$4,662	$11,158	$2,559	$13,717	98.5%	96.8%	1.69%			210588002037

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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