Elementary · Kentucky

W R McNeill Elementary School

Free meals for all

W R McNeill Elementary School, a public elementary school in Bowling Green, Kentucky: grades k–5, 433 students, 15.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bowling Green Independent.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
433
Teachers (FTE)
28.2
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in Kentucky

Median 14.6 · 719 schools compared

More students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 51% of elementary schools in Kentucky

Median 436 · 720 schools compared

Larger than 54% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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%

60%proficient

−1.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Kentucky

Median 50% · 635 elementary schools compared

205 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kentucky: 42%

51%proficient

+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 67% of elementary schools in Kentucky

Median 44% · 627 elementary schools compared

205 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bowling Green Independent.

Location

Address
1800 Creason Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone
(270)746-2260
City or town
Bowling Green

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Warren ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–671414.418%19%
Pre-K–543116.045%37%
K–550614.626%23%
Jennings Creek ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–685215.531%30%
Parker-Bennett-Curry SchoolFree meals for all
K–540012.023%23%
Lost River ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–685617.533%24%

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

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 210057000107