Mission
The mission of the Kenton County School District is to provide a world class education ensuring ALL students are college and/or career ready and prepared for the 21st Century Economy.
Core Beliefs
- It’s About All KIDS
- It is our responsibility to ensure every child reaches their maximum learning potential
- All students deserve a safe, positive and supportive environment
- Every student should have an adult advocate in the school setting
- Students learn best when actively engaged in the learning process
- Maintaining high expectations leads to higher levels of student achievement
- All students are inspired to learn when provided rigorous, relevant, innovative and creative learning opportunities in a positive environment
- Recognition and acceptance of cultural, social, physical, and economic differences creates a healthy learning community
- Sharing and using results to inform our decisions about instruction, resources, and curriculum leads to higher levels of student achievement
- Students, educators, staff, families, business, and the community share in the responsibility for creating an environment in which all students can learn and succeed at high levels
- High Quality Public education is essential to our democracy and economic growth
Goals
- 5 Star School District
- Every School 5 Star
- Transition Readiness Rate (CCR) 95%
- ACT 22
- Graduation Rate 95%
- Attendance 96.25%
- Students Reading on Grade Level Exiting 3rd-95%
- Beginning in 4th grade, ALL students will participate in at least one activity providing a meaningful connection to school beyond the regular classroom
- Remain fiscally solvent/efficient
Message from the Superintendent
As the superintendent of the Kenton County School System, I am honored to be part of this great community and to be able to serve our amazing kids. We are a “System of Excellence” that is committed to continual growth to ensure that Every Child is college and/or career ready and prepared for the 21st Century Economy. We believe in the incredible potential of our students and embrace them as individual learners. Working as a team with our parents, our community and “Team Kenton” we are confident that we will reach all identified goals for kids while becoming a national leader in education. We encourage you to review our 2019 Annual Report. We trust you will find it informative and while reviewing you will learn more about the amazing things occurring in our KCSD.
Our Board
Our Schools
2017-18 Accountability Data accomplishments
Data is lagged one year due to state reporting timelines.
- The Kenton County School District schools outperformed the state in almost every area.
- Elementary schools throughout the district rank 27/173 in the state for student proficiency
- All KCSD elementary schools rank in the top 45 percent in the state for student proficiency.
- All KCSD Middle Schools rank in the top 30 percent of the state for student proficiency Rank 46/173 districts.
- Kenton County School District High Schools rank in the top 10 percent of the state 17/168 high schools for proficiency.
- Kenton County Middle Schools are in the top 27% for Proficiency, 23% for Growth, and 24 % for Separate Academic Indicator of middle schools in Kentucky
- Kenton County Elementary Schools are in the Top 20% of Kentucky in every area of accountability: Proficiency, Growth, and Separate Academic Indicator
- Kenton County High Schools rank 17/168 in the state for proficiency in reading and math (top 10%)
MTSS
MAP Growth
ACT Data
College/Career Readiness
Fiscally Solvent & Efficient
Staff Accomplishments
Student Achievements
2019-20 KCSD Growth Strategies
- Highly effective leadership in all areas of the district
- Implementation of the MTSS System
- District Improvement Plan implementation and impact
- Professional Learning Communities (PLC); as vehicle to build teams and capacity
- Continuation of building strong curriculum based on standards and sharing best practices across the district
- Assessment for learning; Formative/Summative with data used to inform instruction
- Systemic approach to ensure all Kenton County students are transition ready
- Continued emphasis on efficiency
- Strong community and family partnerships
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