NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Covington, KY

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13 public K-12 schools in Covington from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
4,977
Students
50.7/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Covington has more public-school enrollment than 55% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Covington lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Covington's list includes 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 5 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 66-point gap between Transformational Learning Center and Biggs Early Childhood Education Ctr shows the range hidden by Covington's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 45%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Holmes High School accounts for 17.2% of all Covington public-school enrollment

That concentration means Covington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Covington school enrollment varies 122× across entities

Covington school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 855 students (highest), a spread of 848 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Covington reports 71.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Covington student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Transformational Learning Center 81
2. Covington Adult High School 60
3. Latonia Elementary School 58
4. Ft Wright Elementary School 55
5. Ryland Heights Elementary School 50
6. Glenn O Swing Elementary 50
7. Ninth District Elementary 50
8. Holmes High School 49
9. John G Carlisle Elementary 49
10. Sixth District Elementary School 48
11. Holmes Middle School 47
12. Taylor Mill Elementary School 47
13. Biggs Early Childhood Education Ctr 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Covington

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ninth District Elementary 73.5/100
  2. 2 Holmes High School 72.2/100
  3. 3 Glenn O Swing Elementary 72.2/100
  4. 4 Holmes Middle School 72.0/100
  5. 5 Biggs Early Childhood Education Ctr 71.9/100

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Which Covington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Transformational Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Covington schools in this federal-data comparison at 81/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Covington, KY? ▼

Covington has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,977 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.