Eastern Elementary School, Glasgow KY

Original Research by School Decision on Eastern Elementary School

Eastern Elementary School is a regular public school in the Barren County district, serving students from preschool through sixth grade. Located on New Salem Road on the outskirts of Glasgow, it is one of several elementary schools within the county system. Glasgow itself is a micropolitan city and the county seat, with a historic downtown core, a mix of manufacturing employers, and a population that has grown modestly in recent years. The school’s enrollment is small for a PK-6 building, and it draws its students from the surrounding rural and suburban areas of the county.

The student body is predominantly white, with very small shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a population with notable economic need. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school about its special education and multilingual learner programs directly.

State assessment results from the most recent school year show a mixed picture. In math, proficiency rates climbed from a lower level in third grade to a stronger level in fourth grade, then settled in the middle range for fifth and sixth graders. In English language arts, a similar pattern appears: third grade proficiency was lower, fourth grade was a relative high point, and fifth and sixth grades returned to the middle range. Science results for fourth grade were suppressed from public reporting, so no conclusion can be drawn. Social studies proficiency for fifth grade was low.

When placed against other districts in Barren County, Eastern Elementary’s overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile. That is a solid relative position, though the comparison set is small, with only three districts in the county. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.

The district brief turned up no recent major changes in policy, curriculum, or funding for Barren County Schools, so there is no news about boundary shifts, new programs, or tax referendums to factor in. Housing values in the area are modest compared to national benchmarks, and the local housing market has seen a slight decline recently, which may matter for families considering a move.

For a family weighing this school, the picture is one of a small, economically mixed elementary school that performs relatively well within its county but shows uneven results across grade levels, with some early-grade scores that a parent may want to discuss with the principal or teaching staff. The school’s rural setting on the edge of a micropolitan city means a car-dependent commute for most families, and the broader Glasgow area offers a small-town environment with a manufacturing-based economy and a handful of civic amenities like a public library and municipal transit.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 38% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 39% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 56% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 39% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 46% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 47% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 58% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 38% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

This schoolBarren County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income43%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income60%Higher-income62%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income53%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income39%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income63%17 pp gap