School district · Kentucky
Covington Independent
Covington Independent in Kentucky: 11 public schools with 3,557 students and 13.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,515 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,557
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- KY 15.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $17,515
- KY $14.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 268
- Counselors (FTE)
- 14.0
- Students per counselor
- 254
- KY 320 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 7.0
- Librarians (FTE): 3.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%39%proficient
+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 47% · 170 school districts compared
1,487 students tested, grades 3–8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kentucky: 42%30%proficient
+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 85% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 41% · 170 school districts compared
1,489 students tested, grades 3–8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 32% · $25.3M
- State
- 37% · $29.2M
- Local
- 32% · $25.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,505
- Support services
- $7,028
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $14.2M
- Long-term debt
- $14.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biggs Early Childhood Education CtrFree meals for all | Pre-K | 285 | 28.5 | — | — |
Glenn O Swing ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 392 | 11.9 | 61% | 42% |
John G Carlisle ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 333 | 12.8 | 48% | 40% |
Latonia Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 233 | 12.3 | 59% | 42% |
Ninth District ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 324 | 11.2 | 33% | 25% |
Sixth District Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 454 | 13.4 | 36% | 25% |
Holmes Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 631 | 14.7 | 30% | 24% |
Chapman Vocational Education CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Covington Adult High SchoolAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | 9–12 | 7 | 3.5 | — | — |
Holmes High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 855 | 13.4 | — | — |
Transformational Learning CenterAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for all | K–12 | 43 | 5.4 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 25 E Seventh St, Covington, KY 41011
- Phone
- (859)392-1000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.