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Hillard Collins Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

521^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of Kentucky elementary schools

Summary

Hillard Collins Elementary School is a public elementary school in Florence, Kentucky, serving 527 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Boone County School District, which is ranked 40 out of 157 districts in the state.

Despite the district's strong ranking, Hillard Collins Elementary has consistently performed in the bottom half of Kentucky elementary schools over the past decade, with proficiency rates significantly below the Boone County and state averages, particularly in mathematics. The school spends a relatively high amount per student and maintains a low student-to-teacher ratio, but these resources have not translated to strong academic outcomes. Hillard Collins also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism compared to the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Hillard Collins Elementary lags behind its peers in the Boone County and Erlanger-Elsmere Independent school districts, which serve similar student demographics but achieve higher academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism. The school's subgroup data also reveals significant disparities, with African American students performing relatively well but White students struggling.

571

Students ?

12.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,010

Per pupil spending ?

61.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9000 Spruce Dr
Florence, KY 41042

(859) 282-2350

District: Boone County

Students who attend Hillard Collins Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Rector A. Jones Middle School
High:	Boone County High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.0%

White:

36.6%

African American:

14.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 34th percentile in 2022 → 24th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kentucky average (34% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 34th-percentile peak (2022) to 24th (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg54%

Kentucky avg44%

521^st of 685

Kentucky public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 20 pts since 2015

From bottom 4% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 15Elementary Schools in the Boone County

40^th of 157Boone County among Kentucky districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	27.3	521 of 685	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	534 of 685	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	512 of 687	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.7	453 of 684	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	14.9	481 of 517	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	647 of 700	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	655 of 691	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.5	666 of 694	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.3	669 of 690	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.2	670 of 698	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	14.5	659 of 705	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	15.6	664 of 719	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	31.1	545 of 713	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.9	611 of 688	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.9	593 of 683	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	20.1	563 of 658	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	24.2	527 of 651	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	9.7	614 of 638	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	49.5	61 of 140	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	77.2	11 of 129	91.5%	★★★★★
2019	26.9	149 of 185	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.1	152 of 184	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2019	17.3	439 of 474	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.3	442 of 445	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	49 of 69	29.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.5	58 of 64	9.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.6	37 of 65	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.7	22 of 40	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.9	90 of 96	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.7	73 of 81	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	28.4	494 of 648	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.7	468 of 644	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.8	494 of 639	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	527 of 641	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	618 of 671	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	639 of 663	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	42.2	99 of 168	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.3	106 of 135	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	47.8	58 of 120	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.7	34 of 114	70.2%	★★★★☆
2019	21.8	140 of 152	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	137 of 153	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	383 of 672	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.1	446 of 665	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.5	454 of 670	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.4	381 of 667	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	23.4	238 of 275	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	605 of 664	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	596 of 631	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	475 of 653	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	562 of 652	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.7	479 of 652	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	49.2	307 of 657	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	16.2	301 of 325	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.0	624 of 676	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	625 of 665	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2019	14.8	53 of 58	8.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.4	47 of 59	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2019	12.5	608 of 661	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	522 of 659	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.9	457 of 659	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.0	520 of 658	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	430 of 656	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.2	512 of 592	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	573 of 593	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2024)56th percentile+34 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)41st percentile+17 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile~ school

White (2025)21st percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2019)9th percentile~ school

Special Education (2019)8th percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?

Editing and Mechanics42%-5 vs state

Reading40%-9 vs state

Mathematics34%-10 vs state

Social Studies29%-9 vs state

Science27%-10 vs state

Writing16%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KSA Mathematics (2025)			KSA Reading (2025)			KSA Science (2025)	KSA Writing (2025)	KSA Social Studies (2025)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
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%)	27.3	521^st of 685 public elementary schools	23.9%		25.2	534^th of 685 public elementary schools	22.0%	13	23.0	37.0	41.0	35.0	41.0	45.0	27.0	16.0	29.0	42.0	$14,010	$1,106	$1,072	$2,177	$11,174	$659	$11,833
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	497^th of 685 public elementary schools	27.4%		36.6	447^th of 685 public elementary schools	34.7%	50	35.0	37.0	33.0	42.0	48.0	44.0	32.0	15.0	36.0	30.0	$12,923	$1,116	$946	$2,062	$10,064	$796	$10,861
Howell Elementary School	Public	K-5	909 Central Row St.	Elsmere	41018	Kenton County	Erlanger-Elsmere Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 727-1108	299	21	14.5	94.3%	176 (58.9%)	27 (9.0%)	53 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (13.7%)	10.9	636^th of 685 public elementary schools	7.2%		11.8	618^th of 685 public elementary schools	9.8%	18	12.0		11.0	31.0	15.0	32.0		30.0	16.0	27.0	$16,324	$1,760	$202	$1,962	$11,646	$2,716	$14,362
Miles Elementary School	Public	K-5	208 Sunset Ave	Erlanger	41018	Kenton County	Erlanger-Elsmere Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 727-2231	278	18	15.4	90.3%	191 (68.7%)	24 (8.6%)	34 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	26 (9.4%)	40.6	423^rd of 685 public elementary schools	38.2%		18	581^st of 685 public elementary schools	15.2%	158	27.0	33.0	50.0	23.0	48.0	56.0	33.0	46.0	38.0	42.0	$15,455	$1,636	$279	$1,915	$10,935	$2,605	$13,540
Arnett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3552 Kimberly Dr	Erlanger	41018	Kenton County	Erlanger-Elsmere Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 727-1488	253	24	10.5	89.7%	141 (55.7%)	39 (15.4%)	33 (13.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	36 (14.2%)	22.4	557^th of 685 public elementary schools	18.7%		13.1	613^th of 685 public elementary schools	10.5%	56	31.0			31.0	50.0	33.0		13.0	27.0	33.0	$21,859	$1,941	$230	$2,171	$16,788	$2,900	$19,688
Beechgrove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1029 Bristow Rd	Independence	41051	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 371-1636	645	46	14.0	64.0%	496 (76.9%)	35 (5.4%)	55 (8.5%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (7.3%)	42.9	402^nd of 685 public elementary schools	41.3%		43.9	379^th of 685 public elementary schools	44.7%	23	47.0	37.0	41.0	49.0	50.0	45.0	40.0	26.0	38.0	34.0	$17,170	$743	$480	$10,572	$1,341	$1,223	$11,913
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%)	25.2	534^th of 685 public elementary schools	22.0%		30.6	495^th of 685 public elementary schools	27.7%	39	37.0	38.0	41.0	32.0	31.0	44.0	19.0	21.0	34.0	27.0	$11,587	$983	$848	$1,830	$9,096	$661	$9,757
James A Caywood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3300 Turkeyfoot Road	Edgewood	41017	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 341-7062	582	39	14.9	58.1%	387 (66.5%)	19 (3.3%)	115 (19.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	57 (9.8%)	69.1	180^th of 685 public elementary schools	73.7%		68.4	180^th of 685 public elementary schools	73.7%		47.0	48.0	44.0	54.0	56.0	59.0	47.0	55.0	55.0	65.0	$16,154	$803	$403	$9,735	$1,240	$1,206	$10,975
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%)	50.4	333^rd of 685 public elementary schools	51.4%		44.1	376^th of 685 public elementary schools	45.1%	43	55.0	42.0	49.0	49.0	46.0	48.0	27.0	51.0	38.0	43.0	$12,787	$689	$1,004	$1,693	$10,280	$813	$11,093
Lindeman Elementary School	Public	K-5	558 Erlanger Rd	Erlanger	41018	Kenton County	Erlanger-Elsmere Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 727-1188	287	21	14.0	94.1%	144 (50.2%)	31 (10.8%)	52 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	47 (16.4%)	55.2	294^th of 685 public elementary schools	57.1%		43.3	385^th of 685 public elementary schools	43.8%	91	35.0	49.0	43.0	41.0	63.0	52.0	42.0	48.0	43.0	50.0	$16,510	$1,490	$400	$1,890	$12,051	$2,569	$14,620

Frequently Asked Questions about Hillard Collins Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Hillard Collins Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Hillard Collins Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rector A. Jones Middle School
High : Boone County High School

What district is Hillard Collins Elementary School in?

Boone County

What is the racial makeup of Hillard Collins Elementary School?

Students at Hillard Collins Elementary School are 42% Hispanic, 37% White, 14% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

How many students attend Hillard Collins Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 571 students attended Hillard Collins Elementary School.

Is Hillard Collins Elementary School a good school?

Hillard Collins Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.9% of Kentucky elementary schools.

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