NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Russellville, KY

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

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8
Schools
2,542
Students
46.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Russellville has more public-school enrollment than 22% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Logan County High School enrolls 36.1% of Russellville's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Russellville's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Russellville lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 7 to 918 students, a 131-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 78%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Logan County High School accounts for 36.1% of all Russellville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Russellville-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

Russellville school enrollment varies 131× across entities

Russellville school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 918 students (highest), a spread of 911 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

Russellville reports 59.4% 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

Russellville 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. The Academy 70
2. Russellville Middle School 52
3. Logan County High School 48
4. Chandlers Elementary School 45
5. Russellville High School 45
6. Russellville Primary Academy 45
7. R E Stevenson Elementary School 35
8. Cougar Virtual Academy 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Russellville

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 Russellville High School 66.0/100
  2. 2 Russellville Middle School 64.9/100
  3. 3 R E Stevenson Elementary School 64.1/100
  4. 4 Logan County High School 23.6/100
  5. 5 The Academy 18.6/100

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Which Russellville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

The Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Russellville schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Russellville, KY? ▼

Russellville has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,542 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.