Covington Independent Public Schools

The district also operates an early childhood center, five elementary schools, and an adult education program.

[6] Covington truant officers began enforcing school attendance in 1904, four years before compulsory education became law throughout Kentucky.

[6] The district's first school for African Americans opened in 1876 in a Methodist church on Madison Avenue.

The district completed integration in the 1970s with involvement from the federal Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

According to the district's state report card, 45.6% of students are identified as white, 30.6% as African American, 14.1% as Hispanic, 9.2% as two or more races, and 0.6% as other.