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Bourbon Central Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

523^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of Kentucky elementary schools

Summary

Bourbon Central Elementary School is a public elementary school in Paris, Kentucky, serving 473 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Bourbon County School District, which is ranked 122 out of 157 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bourbon Central Elementary consistently performs below the Bourbon County and Kentucky state averages in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 27% to 30%, compared to 29% to 30% for Bourbon County and 43% to 44% for the state. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.4% to 29.0% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, 66.28% to 69.98% of Bourbon Central's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

When compared to nearby schools, such as North Middletown Elementary School, which is also in the Bourbon County district, Bourbon Central Elementary generally performs worse academically. Furthermore, the school's performance has declined over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 333 out of 698 Kentucky elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 523 out of 685 in 2024-2025, and its SchoolDigger rating decreasing from 3 stars to 1 star during this period. Despite these challenges, Bourbon Central Elementary has a high per-student spending of $18,131 and a low student-teacher ratio of 15.5, which are higher than the state averages.

459

Students ?

14.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,131

Per pupil spending ?

68%

Free/discounted lunch ?

367 Bethlehem Road
Paris, KY 40361

(859) 987-2195

District: Bourbon County

Students who attend Bourbon Central Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Bourbon County Middle School
High:	Bourbon County High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

73.2%

Hispanic:

16.8%

African American:

5.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 52nd percentile in 2015 → 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 — down 28 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg33%

Kentucky avg44%

523^rd of 685

Kentucky public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 29 pts since 2015

From top 48% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Elementary Schools in the Bourbon County

122^nd of 157Bourbon 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	26.5	523 of 685	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	545 of 685	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	500 of 687	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.9	486 of 684	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	457 of 517	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.9	471 of 700	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.8	515 of 691	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.0	504 of 694	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.0	546 of 690	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	52.1	333 of 698	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	51.8	341 of 705	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	67.6	196 of 719	72.7%	★★★★☆
2012	74.7	127 of 713	82.2%	★★★★☆
2011	63.0	247 of 688	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2010	69.6	186 of 683	72.8%	★★★★☆
2009	72.6	160 of 658	75.7%	★★★★☆
2008	81.9	79 of 651	87.9%	★★★★☆
2007	77.5	116 of 638	81.8%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2022	24.1	174 of 206	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.0	225 of 474	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	35.8	280 of 445	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	38.7	423 of 648	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.8	513 of 644	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.5	464 of 639	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.2	425 of 641	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.5	271 of 312	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.5	400 of 671	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.0	382 of 663	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	109 of 168	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.4	57 of 135	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.8	63 of 120	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.9	74 of 114	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.8	59 of 152	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.1	88 of 153	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2024	35.1	15 of 18	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.1	26 of 40	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	533 of 672	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	529 of 665	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.6	507 of 670	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.4	514 of 667	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.2	250 of 275	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	39.0	444 of 664	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.7	482 of 631	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	21.4	545 of 653	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	522 of 652	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	496 of 652	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.5	484 of 657	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.8	303 of 325	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	34.5	499 of 676	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.7	561 of 665	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2023	57.3	15 of 43	65.1%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2019	37.6	461 of 661	30.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kentucky percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	532 of 659	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.4	547 of 659	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	501 of 658	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.5	504 of 656	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.9	312 of 337	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	39.3	395 of 592	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.9	447 of 593	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2023)65th percentile+38 vs school

Hispanic (2025)35th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)35th percentile+11 vs school

Special Education (2019)30th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)19th percentile-4 vs school

Homeless (2024)17th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)16th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?

Writing40%~ state avg

Reading39%-10 vs state

Editing and Mechanics37%-10 vs state

Social Studies31%-7 vs state

Mathematics28%-15 vs state

Science27%-10 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
Bourbon Central Elementary School	Public	K-5	367 Bethlehem Road	Paris	40361	Bourbon County	Bourbon County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 987-2195	459	32	14.5	68.0%	336 (73.2%)	23 (5.0%)	77 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	26.5	523^rd of 685 public elementary schools	23.6%		23.8	545^th of 685 public elementary schools	20.4%	22	30.0	28.0	27.0	39.0	41.0	37.0	27.0	40.0	31.0	37.0	$18,131	$2,088	$410	$2,497	$10,742	$2,279	$13,021
Paris Elementary School	Public	K-5	1481 S Main St	Paris	40361	Bourbon County	Paris Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 987-2166	346	19	18.2	74.3%	185 (53.5%)	65 (18.8%)	53 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.1%)	12.2	626^th of 685 public elementary schools	8.6%		16.8	588^th of 685 public elementary schools	14.2%	38	34.0	38.0	18.0	26.0	25.0	24.0		6.0	22.0	15.0	$15,870	$1,958	$425	$2,383	$9,239	$2,410	$11,648
Cane Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	8000 Bypass Road	Paris	40361	Bourbon County	Bourbon County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 987-2106	453	32	14.3	56.1%	367 (81.0%)	4 (0.9%)	59 (13.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	19.3	575^th of 685 public elementary schools	16.1%		35.8	454^th of 685 public elementary schools	33.7%	121	23.0		26.0	34.0	44.0	32.0		23.0	29.0	27.0	$18,670	$2,315	$394	$2,710	$11,147	$2,316	$13,463
North Middletown Elementary School	Public	K-5	301 College Street	North Middletown	40357	Bourbon County	Bourbon County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 987-2052	128	9	13.6	75.8%	112 (87.5%)	1 (0.8%)	14 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	58.2	272^nd of 685 public elementary schools	60.3%		54.1	307^th of 685 public elementary schools	55.2%	35		41.0	46.0		47.0	54.0	53.0	58.0	35.0	50.0	$19,348	$2,205	$422	$2,627	$11,512	$2,661	$14,173
Russell Cave Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3375 Russell Cave Rd	Lexington	40511	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3571	294	26	11.3	71.4%	20 (6.8%)	63 (21.4%)	201 (68.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	5.1	665^th of 685 public elementary schools	2.9%		3.2	678^th of 685 public elementary schools	1.0%	13	24.0	17.0		28.0	19.0	19.0	14.0	10.0	4.0	8.0	$26,459	$683	$1,028	$1,711	$18,581	$3,138	$21,719
Eastern Elementary School	Public	K-5	3407 Newtown Rd	Georgetown	40324	Scott County	Scott County	No	No	No	No	(502) 863-0275	535	33	16.0		453 (84.7%)	11 (2.1%)	34 (6.4%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.0%)	66.3	205^th of 685 public elementary schools	70.1%		69.9	166^th of 685 public elementary schools	75.8%	39	53.0	42.0	58.0	61.0	57.0	65.0	44.0	55.0	41.0	40.0	$20,907	$519	$276	$795	$9,330	$1,702	$11,826
Mary Todd Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	551 Parkside Dr	Lexington	40505	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3512	405	34	11.8	74.8%	48 (11.9%)	139 (34.3%)	192 (47.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.7%)	20.3	569^th of 685 public elementary schools	16.9%		18.8	579^th of 685 public elementary schools	15.5%	10	33.0	34.0	37.0	41.0	34.0	32.0	26.0	16.0	22.0	21.0	$25,534	$795	$1,071	$1,866	$17,657	$3,043	$20,700
Deep Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1919 Brynell Drive	Lexington	40505	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 381-3069	521	44	11.8	73.9%	146 (28.0%)	153 (29.4%)	181 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (7.5%)	27.7	519^th of 685 public elementary schools	24.2%		27.8	517^th of 685 public elementary schools	24.5%	2	40.0	37.0	32.0	37.0	35.0	42.0	13.0	48.0	14.0	37.0	$24,232	$905	$1,033	$1,938	$16,267	$3,072	$19,339
Dixie Elementary Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1940 Eastland Pkwy	Lexington	40505	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(859) 381-3116	584	41	14.3	49.8%	292 (50.0%)	134 (22.9%)	104 (17.8%)	12 (2.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.7%)	46	373^rd of 685 public elementary schools	45.5%		48.8	339^th of 685 public elementary schools	50.5%	34	40.0	40.0	47.0	50.0	42.0	54.0	21.0	42.0	41.0	49.0	$23,098	$844	$1,081	$1,925	$15,278	$2,971	$18,248
Strode Station Elementary School	Public	K-4	1750 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr	Winchester	40391	Clark County	Clark County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 745-3915	542	41	13.2	59.4%	377 (69.6%)	30 (5.5%)	85 (15.7%)	12 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.8%)	34.2	468^th of 685 public elementary schools	31.7%		43.2	388^th of 685 public elementary schools	43.4%	80	40.0	41.0		38.0	40.0		32.0				$16,007	$1,372	$416	$1,788	$9,972	$2,678	$12,645

Frequently Asked Questions about Bourbon Central Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Bourbon Central Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Bourbon Central Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bourbon County Middle School
High : Bourbon County High School

How many students attend Bourbon Central Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 459 students attended Bourbon Central Elementary School.

Is Bourbon Central Elementary School a good school?

Bourbon Central Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.6% of Kentucky elementary schools.

What district is Bourbon Central Elementary School in?

Bourbon County

What is the racial makeup of Bourbon Central Elementary School?

Students at Bourbon Central Elementary School are 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% African American, 5% Two or more races.

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