Hattie C. Warner Elementary School, Nicholasville KY

Original Research by School Decision on Hattie C. Warner Elementary School

Hattie C. Warner Elementary School is a regular public school in Nicholasville, Kentucky, serving first through fifth grade. It is part of the Jessamine County district, and it sits in a community that has grown rapidly in recent decades. Nicholasville functions as both a bedroom suburb for Lexington and a retail center for the surrounding area, and its development has been heavily shaped by the US Route 27 corridor. The city is automobile-oriented, with a traditional downtown Main Street that anchors civic life while school campuses are scattered across the city and county. The district itself has not reported any recent major changes that would affect parents directly.

The school’s enrollment is moderate for an elementary serving this grade band, and it draws from a student body that is predominantly White, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which puts the school in a context where economic diversity is present. Data on special populations such as students with disabilities and English learners were not available in the source materials.

On state assessments administered through the Kentucky Summative Assessment, student performance varies by grade and subject. In mathematics, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above was higher in fourth grade than in third or fifth grade. In English language arts, the pattern was similar, with fourth-grade and fifth-grade proficiency rates stronger than the third-grade rate. Science results, available only for fourth grade, showed a lower proficiency rate, and social studies results, available only for fifth grade, were also below the stronger math and ELA outcomes seen in the same grade. There is no multi-year trend data to show whether these results are improving or declining, so a single snapshot is all that is available. Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate, and chronic absenteeism data were not reported.

No information about program offerings, such as gifted and talented, special education services, or extracurriculars, was provided. Similarly, the civil rights data on discipline and staffing were absent. A parent looking for details on these areas would need to ask the school directly.

The comparison set of districts in Jessamine County contains only one district, which means it is not possible to place this school’s performance in a local peer context. The academic picture is mixed: the strongest results appear in fourth-grade subjects, while third-grade and some content areas lag behind. The school is neither universally high-performing nor low-performing; it is a school with clear pockets of stronger outcomes and other areas where proficiency is lower.

For a family considering this school, the takeaway is that Hattie C. Warner is a mid-sized elementary in a fast-growing suburban setting. The student body is economically diverse, and the school’s academic results are uneven across grades and subjects. The lack of available data on programming, staffing, and discipline means a full picture requires a direct conversation with the school. The surrounding community offers the amenities of a growing county seat within commuting distance of Lexington, with housing costs that reflect the region’s growth pressures.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 43% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 54% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 47% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 43% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 455%

School 55% · District 56% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 59% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Science

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 42% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

This schoolJessamine 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-income35%Higher-income49%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income70%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income56%Higher-income67%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income61%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income75%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income65%24 pp gap