W.R. McNeill Elementary, 1800 Creason Drive: grades K-5, 433 students in 2024-25, rated yellow by Kentucky in 2025-26.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the W.R. McNeill Elementary website, Bowling Green Independent Schools (www.bgreen.kyschools.us), the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability datasets, the Kentucky School Report Card and the federal NCES school directory.

W.R. McNeill Elementary is a Bowling Green Independent Schools elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Emily Mills, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 433 students at W.R. McNeill Elementary in the 2024-25 school year, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.5 students per teacher. The state’s report card has the school’s own current enrollment and staffing figures.

State report card

Kentucky rated W.R. McNeill Elementary yellow for 2025-26, with an overall score of 63.8, in the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2025-26 accountability data, released Oct. 14, 2026. The state average for elementary schools was 64.7 (yellow), and BGISD’s elementary school level scored 55.6 (yellow).

For 2024-25 the school was rated green, according to the district’s summary of those results.

Kentucky Summative Assessment results for 2025-26, share of all tested students scoring proficient or distinguished:

Subject W.R. McNeill Elementary BGISD elementary school level Kentucky
Reading 54% 43% 50%
Math 51% 36% 43%
Science 53% 35% 40%

Kentucky’s system scores six indicators, from reading and math test results to school climate and safety, plus postsecondary readiness and graduation for high schools. “Color ratings include five performance levels from highest to lowest, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red,” the Department of Education says. The full report, with every student group, is on the Kentucky School Report Card for W.R. McNeill Elementary.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Bowling Green Independent Schools serves the city school district, which covers much of the city but not all of it; parts of the city are in Warren County Public Schools, and district lines do not follow the city limits. To see which BGISD schools serve an address, search it in the district’s Transportation InfoFinder, which lists the schools and bus stops for that address. Our schools guide explains how to tell the two districts apart from a tax bill.

All five BGISD elementary schools send their students to Bowling Green Junior High for sixth grade; the district says sixth grade is when students from all five come together. The junior high feeds Bowling Green High School, the district’s only high school.

Calendar

Next dates from the district’s 2026-27 calendar:

  • Monday, Nov. 2: professional development day, no school for students
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
  • April 5-9, 2027: spring break
  • Thursday, May 20, 2027: last day for students in grades K-12

For start and dismissal times, call the front office at 270-746-2260.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does W.R. McNeill Elementary serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of Bowling Green Independent Schools.

How is W.R. McNeill Elementary rated on the Kentucky School Report Card?

Yellow, with an overall score of 63.8 in the state’s 2025-26 results. The state average for elementary schools was 64.7.

Which middle school does W.R. McNeill Elementary feed into?

Bowling Green Junior High, then Bowling Green High School. All five Bowling Green Independent elementary schools feed the one junior high.

Who is the principal of W.R. McNeill Elementary?

Emily Mills, according to the school’s website on Oct. 16, 2026.