The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 29% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Crab Orchard Elementary School
Crab Orchard Elementary School serves the small, rural community of the same name in Lincoln County, Kentucky, from prekindergarten through fifth grade. The town itself has a quiet, Main Street character along Kentucky Route 39 and a history as a mineral springs resort, but its population has been declining in recent years. For a family considering this school, the setting is plainly a close-knit, low-density rural place with limited commercial activity and no major new housing developments reported.
The school is a regular public school within the Lincoln County district. Its enrollment size is moderate for an elementary school serving those grade bands. The student body is overwhelmingly White, with a small number of Hispanic students and students of two or more races; other racial groups are not represented. A substantial share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which points to a community with significant economic need.
On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, Crab Orchard Elementary’s performance across tested grades yields a picture of modest attainment. In English language arts, the proportion of students reaching proficiency (Levels 3 or 4) sits roughly in the range of just under half to just over half of students tested, varying by grade. This is the school’s stronger subject area. In mathematics, the share of proficient students is lower, falling below two-fifths in each tested grade. Science, assessed in fourth grade, and social studies, assessed in fifth grade, show proficiency rates that are lower still, with fewer than a third of students meeting the bar on those assessments. A parent looking at these results would see that the school has room to grow in core academic areas, and it would be reasonable to ask what targeted support and intervention programs are in place.
Because Lincoln County is the only district in the county, there is no meaningful comparison to neighboring districts; any positioning against a wider set is not possible from the data provided. Multi-year trend data is also absent, so it is not clear whether performance has been improving, declining, or holding steady.
The school’s data does not include information on students with disabilities or English learners, so those dimensions of student support are unknown here. Similarly, there is no reported data on discipline, chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, or course access. For an elementary school that serves only early and intermediate grades, a graduation rate does not apply. The district brief turned up little about recent changes or priorities, so the broader context of Lincoln County schools is not well documented in the available material.
For a resident or parent, Crab Orchard Elementary represents a straightforward, small-town public school option in a community that is economically modest and demographically homogeneous. The academic picture is one where performance is below what many families would hope for, especially in math and science, though the strongest area, reading in fifth grade, reaches roughly half of students at proficiency. Given the lack of data on other supports, a parent may want to follow up directly with the school about intervention strategies, enrichment offerings, and how the school addresses the needs of its low-income population. The housing market in the area is relatively affordable, with home values below the state benchmark, and the town’s quiet, rural character is a core part of the experience.
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