The top reported proficiency rate is 41% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Eminence Elementary School
Eminence Elementary School serves early learners and elementary students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Eminence, a small city in Henry County that is the largest town in the county by population. The school is part of the Eminence Independent School District, a separate district from the surrounding Henry County school system. The town itself has a compact, auto-oriented layout with a historic commercial district along Main Street and a prominent industrial employer, Eminence Speaker, a loudspeaker manufacturer that is the most visible local business. The city is experiencing slow but steady population growth.
The school enrolls a mid-sized elementary student body for its grade band, with roughly balanced class sections across kindergarten through fifth grade and a pre-kindergarten program. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller but notable share of Hispanic students and a modest representation of multiracial and Black students. A very large share of students come from households with low incomes, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This economic profile is a central characteristic of the school community, and it is one that parents may want to discuss directly with the school to understand what supports and resources are in place.
On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, the most recent results give a mixed picture. In reading and math, proficiency rates vary noticeably by grade, with third-grade reading showing a stronger share of students meeting the proficient or distinguished benchmark, while fourth-grade reading and math both showed a smaller share reaching that level. Fifth-grade reading and math landed between those two. In science, which is tested at fourth grade, the share reaching proficiency was lower than in the other subjects. In social studies, tested at fifth grade, the share was lower still. Overall, when compared with other school districts within Henry County, the school sits just above the midpoint on a composite proficiency index. That comparison is limited because there are only a few districts in the county, so the range is narrow.
Because this is an elementary school that does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. Data on special education and English learner populations were not available in the source records, so a parent with a child in those programs would want to ask the school directly about its services. Similarly, the district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes such as recent construction, curriculum revisions, or tax referendums in the publicly available material, so a prospective family may want to ask the district office about any upcoming plans.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. Its location on West Broadway Street in Eminence puts it within the small footprint of the town, and distances between school sites and downtown are probably short, though specific campus locations relative to the historic commercial core were not clearly documented in the search results.
For a parent weighing this school, the core question is fit. The academic results are uneven, with some grades and subjects showing a modest share of students at proficiency and others showing a weaker share. A family that values a small-town elementary school serving a high-needs population and wants to be closely involved in understanding and supporting the school's academic direction may find this environment a good match. A family looking for consistently strong test results across grades would want to look more closely at those grade-level patterns and ask the school what instructional strategies it uses to address the dips. The school's role as the elementary arm of a small independent district also means that the district's overall resources and attention are concentrated on a relatively small number of buildings, which can be a practical advantage or limitation depending on what a family needs.
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