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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 41015

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Schools

1,508

Students

Districts

Top rankedRyland Heights Elementary School71^st of 684 Kentucky elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Ninth District Elementary up 98 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 41015 has four elementary schools serving the common tested grades three through five: Taylor Mill Elementary School and Ryland Heights Elementary School in Kenton County, and Ninth District Elementary and Latonia Elementary School in Covington Independent. The central finding for families is that results vary greatly across the area: in fourth-grade reading, for example, proficiency ranged from 34% at Ninth District to 77% at Ryland Heights, a 43-point gap, so ZIP-code averages hide substantial school-to-school differences.

Ryland Heights and Taylor Mill are the strongest overall in 2025–26. Ryland Heights averaged 19 percentage points above state results across its reported tests, with notable leads in fourth-grade math and reading; Taylor Mill averaged 16 points above state results and stood out in fourth-grade science and fifth-grade reading. Ninth District was lowest overall, averaging 9 points below state results, while Latonia averaged 4 points below. Latonia nevertheless exceeded Ninth District in seven of their nine directly comparable results, including fifth-grade math, where scores were 50% and 32%.

Recent changes are mixed, with Ninth District showing the clearest rebound: its average state-relative gap improved by 8 points, while Taylor Mill’s declined by 3 points and Latonia’s by 3; Ryland Heights improved by 2. Across matched results, the average school-versus-state gap rose from 5 points in 2024–25 to 6 in 2025–26. SchoolDigger ranked Taylor Mill 99th and Ryland Heights 71st of 684 statewide in 2025–26, compared with 412th for Latonia and 496th for Ninth District. Other context differs too: 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 41% at Ryland Heights and 44% at Taylor Mill, versus 83% at Latonia and 84% at Ninth District; student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.1 at Ninth District to 15.6 at Taylor Mill. All four schools had 2025–26 chronic absenteeism below the state’s 23.5% rate.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				KSA Mathematics (2026)			KSA Reading (2026)			KSA Science (2026)	KSA Writing (2026)	KSA Social Studies (2026)	KSA Editing and Mechanics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Latonia Elementary School	Public	K-5	39th & Huntington Avenue	Covington	41015	Kenton County	Covington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-5825	233	19	12.2	82.8%	143 (61.4%)	27 (11.6%)	28 (12.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (14.2%)	41.6	412^th of 684 public elementary schools	39.8%		47.7	354^th of 685 public elementary schools	48.3%	58	47.0	30.0	50.0	53.0	46.0	47.0	38.0	15.0	35.0	41.0	$20,876	$2,396	$17,054
Ninth District Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 Indiana Ave	Covington	41015	Kenton County	Covington Independent	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 292-5823	324	29	11.1	83.6%	118 (36.4%)	71 (21.9%)	70 (21.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (19.4%)	30.1	496^th of 684 public elementary schools	27.5%		16.5	594^th of 685 public elementary schools	13.3%	98	32.0	29.0	32.0	55.0	34.0	39.0	32.0		41.0	30.0	$19,208	$2,317	$15,550
Ryland Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3845 Stewart Dr	Covington	41015	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 356-9270	443	29	15.2	40.9%	385 (86.9%)	4 (0.9%)	27 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.1%)	83.7	71^st of 684 public elementary schools	89.6%		79.7	107^th of 685 public elementary schools	84.4%	36	43.0	71.0	68.0	57.0	77.0	69.0	55.0	60.0	58.0	67.0
Taylor Mill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5907 Taylor Mill Rd	Covington	41015	Kenton County	Kenton County	No	No	No	Yes	(859) 356-2566	508	32	15.6	44.3%	446 (87.8%)	9 (1.8%)	20 (3.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.1%)	81.2	99^th of 684 public elementary schools	85.5%		84.5	75^th of 685 public elementary schools	89.1%	24	49.0	62.0	66.0	57.0	69.0	70.0	58.0	47.0	55.0	64.0

Cities Near Zip Code 41015

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Covington	0.71 mi	16	198^th
Independence	2.73 mi	8	91^st
Taylor Mill	3.36 mi	2	43^rd
Alexandria	5.07 mi	7	45^th
Cold Spring	5.23 mi	3	68^th

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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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