NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Mount Washington, KY

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

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7
Schools
5,118
Students
42.3/100
Avg Resource Index
19.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mount Washington has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mount Washington's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Mount Washington's 7 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Mount Washington's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 57th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 18th percentile. The 39-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 44%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
57th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Bullitt East High School accounts for 32.5% of all Mount Washington public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mount Washington-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

Mount Washington school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities

Mount Washington school enrollment ranges from 469 students (lowest) to 1,664 students (highest), a spread of 1,195 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Mount Washington operates one school district — a single-district system

Mount Washington's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Mount Washington student-teacher ratio is 19.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Mt. Washington Elementary 46
2. Crossroads Elementary 46
3. Eastside Middle School 44
4. Pleasant Grove Elementary School 44
5. Old Mill Elementary School 42
6. Bullitt East High School 37
7. Mt. Washington Middle School 37

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Which Mount Washington school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mt. Washington Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mount Washington schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mount Washington, KY? ▼

Mount Washington has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,118 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.4:1.

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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.