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Arnett Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
633rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 684 Kentucky Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of Kentucky elementary schools
Summary

Arnett Elementary School serves 253 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Erlanger, Kentucky, in the Erlanger-Elsmere Independent district. SchoolDigger ranks it in the 7th percentile statewide for 2025–2026, with 0 stars. The central concern for families is that every reportable test result is below both district and state results, with especially weak 4th-grade reading and Editing and Mechanics.

Reading is a relative bright spot in grade 5, but the school’s scores remain low against local and statewide benchmarks. Arnett’s grade-5 reading proficiency was 38%, compared with 44% in the district and 51% statewide; it was higher than scores at three nearby schools, including Howell Elementary School, but lower than at seven others. Grade-4 reading was a particular weakness: 23% proficient, the lowest among nearby schools, versus 36% in the district and 50% statewide. Grade-3 and grade-4 math were 24% and 23%, respectively, also below district and state results. Editing and Mechanics was 21%, above only Howell among nearby schools, and below the district’s 35% and state’s 48%. Grade-5 math and several other subject scores are suppressed, so no comparison is available for those results.

Recent performance is mixed: grade-3 and grade-5 reading each rose 5 percentage points from the prior year, but grade-4 reading fell 27 points and Editing and Mechanics fell 12; grade-3 math declined 7 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile also dropped from 19 in 2024–2025 to 7 in 2025–2026, after improving from 11 the year before. The school’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 10.5, the lowest among nearby schools, and 90% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves Male Students fell from the 30th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 10th in 2025–2026; its measure for Low Socio Economic Status Students fell from the 29th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 10th in 2025–2026.

253
Students ?
10.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$26,646
Per pupil spending ?
89.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 3552 Kimberly Dr
       Erlanger, KY  41018

(859) 727-1488

District: Erlanger-Elsmere Independent


Students who attend Arnett Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Tichenor Middle School
High:    Lloyd High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
55.7%
African American:
15.4%
Two or more races:
14.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 78th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (28% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 71 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school28%
District avg34%
Kentucky avg44%
633rd of 684
Kentucky public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 47 pts since 2016
From top 46% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 4Elementary Schools in the Erlanger-Elsmere Independent
123rd of 158Erlanger-Elsmere Independent 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202612.1633 of 6847.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.4557 of 68518.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.1613 of 68510.5%★☆☆☆☆
20237.1663 of 6873.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.3577 of 68415.6%★☆☆☆☆
201911.8648 of 7007.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.0606 of 69112.3%★☆☆☆☆
201736.7485 of 69430.1%★★☆☆☆
201654.0317 of 69054.1%★★★☆☆
201571.1157 of 69877.5%★★★★☆
201453.6321 of 70554.5%★★★☆☆
201351.2353 of 71950.9%★★★☆☆
201255.8294 of 71358.8%★★★☆☆
201147.2395 of 68842.6%★★☆☆☆
201039.4465 of 68331.9%★★☆☆☆
200936.2464 of 65829.5%★☆☆☆☆
200830.1496 of 65123.8%★☆☆☆☆
200751.3314 of 63850.8%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201912.4465 of 4741.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202610.8614 of 6576.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202534.0457 of 64829.5%★☆☆☆☆
202414.6580 of 6449.9%★☆☆☆☆
202234.3436 of 64132.0%★★☆☆☆
201918.3600 of 67110.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.1573 of 66313.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202618.3604 of 67410.4%★☆☆☆☆
202532.7480 of 67228.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.6579 of 66512.9%★☆☆☆☆
20239.4651 of 6702.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.7641 of 6673.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.2628 of 6645.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.5565 of 63110.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202616.9585 of 65110.1%★☆☆☆☆
202522.7537 of 65317.8%★☆☆☆☆
202432.5457 of 65229.9%★★☆☆☆
202316.9570 of 65212.6%★☆☆☆☆
202212.9601 of 6578.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.7631 of 6766.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.1587 of 66511.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201912.6607 of 6618.2%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202617.3579 of 65010.9%★☆☆☆☆
202520.7561 of 65914.9%★☆☆☆☆
202412.8615 of 6596.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.8637 of 6583.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.0537 of 65618.1%★☆☆☆☆
201911.9558 of 5925.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.5546 of 5937.9%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
White (2026)11th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)10th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)10th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2019)8th percentile~ school
Female (2026)7th percentile~ school
Disabled (2019)2nd percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs Kentucky (2025-2026) ?
Reading32%-18 vs state
Mathematics24%-20 vs state
Editing and Mechanics21%-27 vs state

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Arnett Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.5% of Kentucky elementary schools.

Students who attend Arnett Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Tichenor Middle School
High : Lloyd High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 253 students attended Arnett Elementary School.

Students at Arnett Elementary School are 56% White, 15% African American, 14% Two or more races, 13% Hispanic, 1% Pacific Islander.

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2024–25 school spending dataNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
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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.

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