The top reported proficiency rate is 36% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School
Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School serves grades two through five as a regular public school in the Danville Independent district, located in the historic Bluegrass city of Danville, Kentucky. The school sits in a community that blends a college-town presence through Centre College, a walkable downtown recognized with a Great American Main Street Award, and a mix of manufacturing, healthcare, and agriculture. Danville has seen modest, steady population growth and offers resources like Constitution Square State Historic Site and Herrington Lake nearby. The district itself has recently passed ballot measures for a new Early Childhood Center and a Career and Technical Education Center on the Danville High School campus, signaling an investment in expanding preschool access and trade pathways.
The student body at Toliver is diverse and economically varied. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a factor that often correlates with the resources and support a school needs to allocate. The racial and ethnic composition includes a majority of white students alongside sizable populations of Black, Hispanic, and two-or-more-races students, with small numbers of Asian and American Indian or Alaska Native students. English learner and special education counts were not available in the data, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those programs.
Academically, the school’s state assessment results provide a clear picture for each grade in the tested subjects. In math, proficiency rates were similar across grades three and four, and notably lower in grade five. In English language arts, fourth graders performed at a higher rate than third and fifth graders. Science, tested only in grade four, showed a proficiency rate similar to math at that grade. Social studies, tested only in grade five, had the lowest proficiency rate of any tested subject or grade. When compared to other districts in Boyle County, Toliver’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile. These are the results from the Kentucky Summative Assessment for the 2024-25 school year.
Because Toliver serves only through grade five, there is no graduation rate to report here. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not provided in the data. Staffing ratios and course access information were also missing, leaving gaps in what a family can learn about class sizes and enrichment offerings without contacting the school directly.
The peer environment is shaped by the school’s economic diversity and the central Kentucky setting. Danville’s housing market, with home values and rents in the region, reflects a place that has been recognized as a desirable retirement destination and is home to a stable employment base in healthcare, education, and manufacturing. The district’s graduate profile framework, which emphasizes communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, character, and cultural proficiency, gives some sense of the priorities that guide instruction.
For a family considering Toliver, the academic picture is one where proficiency rates in math, reading, and social studies are lower than those of many peer schools in the county. The school serves an economically diverse population in a historic, relatively stable small city. A parent may want to explore what academic interventions or enrichment programs are in place, how the school addresses the gaps in proficiency, and what the staffing and class size situation looks like, as those details were not available in the data shared here.
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