NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Danville, KY

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

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10
Schools
4,040
Students
52/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Danville has more public-school enrollment than 44% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Danville 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Danville's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Danville lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 27 to 869 students, a 32-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 56%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Boyle County High School accounts for 21.5% of all Danville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Danville-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

Danville school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Danville school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 869 students (highest), a spread of 842 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Danville reports 52.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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

Danville student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — 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. Sunrise Academy 67
2. Kentucky School for the Deaf 60
3. Mary G. Hogsett Primary School 52
4. Boyle County Middle School 51
5. Anchor Academy 51
6. John W. Bate Middle School 50
7. Boyle County High School 49
8. Woodlawn Elementary School 49
9. Danville High School 47
10. Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Danville

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 Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School 67.4/100
  2. 2 John W. Bate Middle School 66.4/100
  3. 3 Danville High School 65.1/100
  4. 4 Mary G. Hogsett Primary School 63.4/100
  5. 5 Anchor Academy 46.9/100

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Which Danville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sunrise Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Danville schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Danville, KY? ▼

Danville has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,040 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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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.