NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Somerset, KY

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

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14
Schools
8,459
Students
39.6/100
Avg Resource Index
17:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Somerset has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Somerset sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Somerset's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 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 24-point gap between Northern Elementary School and Memorial Education Center shows the range hidden by Somerset'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 24%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
44th percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Somerset school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Somerset school enrollment ranges from 38 students (lowest) to 1,213 students (highest), a spread of 1,175 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

Somerset reports 60.9% 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

Somerset student-teacher ratio is 17.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Somerset is typically wider than the Somerset-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Northern Elementary School 54
2. Meece Middle School 46
3. Shopville Elementary School 46
4. Pulaski Elementary School 44
5. Oak Hill Elementary School 43
6. Southern Elementary School 41
7. Somerset High School 41
8. Hopkins Elementary School 40
9. Pulaski County High School 37
10. Eagle Academy 35
11. Southwestern High School 33
12. Southern Middle School 32
13. Northern Middle School 32
14. Memorial Education Center 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Somerset

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 Eagle Academy 41.7/100
  2. 2 Meece Middle School 35.0/100
  3. 3 Somerset High School 32.3/100
  4. 4 Southern Elementary School 32.2/100
  5. 5 Pulaski Elementary School 31.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Somerset?

Which Somerset school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Northern Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Somerset schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Somerset, KY? ▼

Somerset has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,459 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17:1.

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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.