The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 37% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Fallsburg Elementary School
Fallsburg Elementary School is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the small, rural community of Louisa, Kentucky. It operates within the Lawrence County school district and serves as a neighborhood school for families living in the northern part of the county. The school’s enrollment is small, with classes across the grade levels each containing a modest number of students. This creates a setting where students stay in the same building for many years, from early childhood through the end of middle school.
The student body is almost entirely white, reflecting the demographics of the surrounding area. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a community with a significant number of households facing economic challenges. Information on the number of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available in the data.
State assessment results from the Kentucky Summative Assessment tell a mixed story. In English language arts, the school shows some relative bright spots. At the fourth- and sixth-grade levels, the share of students scoring at or above the proficient level was notably higher than the state average. In sixth grade, a strong majority of students met that bar. Seventh-grade results were also decent, with about two-thirds reaching proficiency. However, performance was uneven across grades. In third and fifth grades, about half of students were proficient, and in eighth grade, the share of students meeting the standard fell to a low level that a parent may want to investigate further with the school.
Math results followed a similar pattern of variability. In sixth and seventh grades, a majority of students were proficient, with seventh grade showing the strongest performance. Fourth-grade math was more mixed, with half of students reaching proficiency. Third-grade math was a weaker area, with a smaller share meeting the state standard. Results for fifth and eighth grades were suppressed, meaning the number of students tested was too small to report publicly, a common occurrence in a school of this size.
In science, only seventh-grade results were reported, and about half of students were proficient. Social studies results were lower. At the fifth-grade level, about a third of students met the proficiency mark, while in eighth grade, the figure was just above two-fifths. These are areas where a parent may want to ask the school what supports are in place for those subjects.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. There is no data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or course access, so it is difficult to assess the school’s climate or the breadth of its middle school offerings from the available evidence.
Fallsburg Elementary operates in a regular public school setting. It is not a charter, magnet, or Title I school, though the lack of a Title I designation in the data may simply mean that status was not reported rather than that the school does not receive those funds.
Louisa, the town where the school is located, is the county seat of Lawrence County. It is a small town situated at the confluence of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River. The town has a historic downtown core but also a commercial strip along U.S. Route 23, where a notable five-story roadside structure serves as a gas station, rest stop, and country music museum. The local economy is anchored by city and county government, and the town has become a center for recovery and rehabilitation services in the region in the twenty-first century. The town’s population has seen modest, steady growth. Housing values in the area are below the state median, and home prices have softened recently.
The Lawrence County district did not have any parent-relevant changes publicly reported. Fallsburg Elementary is the only district within Lawrence County, so a comparison against other county districts is not possible. The school stands as the single public school option for families living in its attendance zone, a stable, neighborhood-based setting in a small Kentucky town.
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